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
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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