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 |
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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 |
About this poem
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
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