Analysis of Pretty decent load of beef, I guess
The beef are all
Pretty sturdy.
Vet gave the shots.
All but one submitted.
She kicked, bellowed
And double-crossed
The backfield.
Weight gain seems promising.
Bought em six weeks back.
Keep for four more.
Watching market prices
Hawk-like.
Then Karl comes
With the transport.
Up the chute.
Gone to slaughter
In Toronto.
Maple Leaf Meats.
Not just Hog-town, folks.
Do I feel anything?
Remorse? Guilt?
Embarrassment?
Nope.
But there is one…female.
She ran from Vet’s needle.
She always trotted over.
For me.
For petting and communion.
At the fence.
When I had a moment.
Think we’ll hold her back.
Give Karl the details.
One less to scream, shit
And submit.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSHTUVWYPBZ1UI233 |
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Metre | 0111 1010 1101 111010 1110 0101 01 111100 11111 1111 101010 11 111 1001 101 1110 0010 1011 11111 11110 011 0100 1 11111 111110 111010 11 1100010 101 111010 11101 11001 11111 001 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 664 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 34 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 507 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
About this poem
Will undoubtedly please the Vegetarians. But I like my ground chuck. And eye of the round.
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Written on January 28, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023
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