Analysis of Dependable Wake-up-er
Some persons waken at the noise
Of newsboys bringing papers;
Others hear alarming clocks,
Or careless milkmen's capers.
I'm told few wake to honeyed calls,
As loved ones' voices coo;
And many heed the barnyard fowl's
Gay "cock-a-doodle-doo!"
Are you aroused by singing birds,
In near-by trees, each morning;
Or: "Hey! get up--or you'll be late!"
Or some such pleasant warning?
Though many wake-up systems thrive,
I'd recommend to you
As most reliable of all,
A baby's loud "boo-hoo!"
Scheme | ABXB XCAC XDXD XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 111010 1010101 110110 1111111 111101 0101011 110101 11011101 0111110 11111111 1111010 11011101 10111 11010011 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 522 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on March 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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