Analysis of Burrowing Cuddlers



Rain taps on gutter beat
While the water drops on roof top.
And heart beats
With a dachshund’s breath
That whispers on my
Back with quick sniffs
‘Tween these flannel sheets.


Scheme ABCDEFC
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 10101111 011 1011 11011 1111 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 178
Words 32
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 31

About this poem

I have two entitled dachshunds that love the big bed.

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Written on November 04, 2023

Submitted by nagaminetodd on November 04, 2023

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Todd Nagamine

Todd Nagamine is a new Dad and happy husband with two naughty doxie pups who copes with cluttered countertops and perpetually stubbed toes by lifting weights, eating pastries and writing poetry. He yells at the orange and blue team on Sundays and sleeps at the firehouse two days a week. more…

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