Analysis of Coleprosatic-mumpsile-flu

B.C. Byron 1982 (Idaho)



I think I have the Covid,
And a nasty Monkey Flu,
With a little touch of leprosy,
And mumps and measles too.
This horrible contagious mix,
Disease-y virus stew,
Is keeping me from work today,
That's why I'm calling you.

It's rare,
But all the symptoms fit,
Coleprosatic-mumpsile-flu.
I found it on internet,
Where everything is true.
It says that I'll miss work for months,
It says that I'll turn pink,
My fingers can't do typing,
I might struggle just to blink,
My tongue will likely swell up
And be wrinkled like a walnut,
And the only thing that I can eat
is donuts.

So please don't come and check on me,
I wouldn't want you ill.
I can suffer with the TV here
And all this time to kill.
I know how much you want to help.
I know you're going nuts.
Stay away,
But maybe
Send some donuts.


Scheme ABCAXAAB XABABXDXDXAAE CFXFXEXCE
Poetic Form Etheree  (47%)
Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 111101 0010101 101011100 010101 11000101 011101 11011101 111101 11 110101 111 111110 11011 11111111 111111 1101110 1110111 1111011 0110101 001011111 11 11110111 110111 111010111 011111 11111111 111101 101 110 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 792
Words 177
Sentences 10
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 13, 9
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 200
Words per stanza (avg) 50

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A little light-hearted fun in hard times

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Written on January 05, 2022

Submitted by BCByron on July 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

55 sec read
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B.C. Byron

Author of illustrated children's book A CAT NAMED LUMP Available on Amazon more…

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