Analysis of Canine Conversation
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
If dogs could speak, O Mademoiselle,
What funny stories they could tell!
For instance, take your little "peke,"
How awkward if the dear could speak!
How sad for you and all of us,
Who round you flutter, flirt and fuss;
Folks think you modest, mild and meek . . .
But would they - if Fi-Fi could speak?
If dogs could tell, Ah Madame Rose,
What secrets could they not disclose!
If your pet poodle Angeline
Could hint at half of what she's seen,
Your reputation would, I fear,
As absolutely disappear
As would a snowball dropped in hell . . .
If Angeline could only tell.
If dogs could speak, how dangerous
It would be for a lot of us!
At what they see and what they hear
They wink an eye and wag an ear.
How fortunate for old and young
The darlings have a silent tongue!
We love them, but it's just as well
For all of us that - dogs can't tell.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111001 11010111 11011101 11010111 11110111 11110101 11110101 11111111 11111101 11011101 11110100 11111111 1010111 101001 1101101 11001101 11111100 11110111 11110111 11110111 11001101 01010101 11111111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 827 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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