Analysis of Shiloh the Dog



I have a dog named Shiloh,
A furry, loveable guy;
Eleven years old and a tail to be told.
You'll soon know the reason why.

We noticed him limping around.
His face just seemed to say,
"Howl did it all start? Let's do not depart
By seeing the vet today!"

I looked at his face and I said,
It's fur your own good that we go.
"A dog's life is ruff.  A vet knows enough,
More than we ever will know.

We went to the vet that morning.
Poor Shiloh did shake all the way.
The vet checked him out and said with no doubt,
"He will run again one day.


Scheme ABXB XCXC XAXA XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101110 01011 01011001111 1110101 11011001 111111 1111111101 1100101 11111011 11111111 0111101101 1111011 11101110 11011101 0111101111 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 540
Words 128
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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Health of a dog

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Written on July 11, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 11, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on July 11, 2023

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