Analysis of Department Store Canine



Dog attached, leashed to stroller.
Inside seven month old femme fatale.
Young tannish Lab.
Not quite developed.
Intuitive and guarding
The precious mewing package.
Back home lying  still
While Lily grabs the fur
Climbs the tan mountain
Of benevolence.
Here comes elderly woman
Leaning over.
Passing compliments of wonder.
Yeah, this one’s OK.
BUT that boy over yonder.
Pulling shirts off the rack.
Dropping them to the floor.
Grinning.
No clerk noticing.
He’d better stay away.


Scheme ABCDEFBAGHGAAIAJKEEI
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1011110 01101111 111 11010 0100010 010110 11101 110101 10110 10100 1110010 1010 10100110 11111 1111010 101101 101101 10 11100 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 481
Words 90
Sentences 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 382
Words per stanza (avg) 77
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Written on March 23, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 23, 2023

Modified on April 01, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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