Analysis of Ben - Old but Gold
Ben - Old but Gold
When I first met you Ben I knew at a glance,
That I would give you a second chance,
A second chance to be a puppy again,
Through sunshine, wind and the inevitable rain.
It was great to see you running on Portrush Strand,
Along the beach playing in the sand,
Sniffing, snoozing and even snoring,
Life with you Ben is never boring.
And here we are sometime later,
And you enjoying your perambulator,
You and I Ben are getting old,
But as they say Ben - Old but Gold!
Scheme | A BBXX CCDD EEAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11111111101 111110101 01011101001 11100010001 11111110111 010110001 101001010 111111010 0111110 0101011 10111101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 488 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
The poem is about my elderly dog Ben who is a 15 year old shih tzu. I adopted him at 11 years old when his previous owner died. I wanted to give him a second chance. For two years he was still very fit and able to run. We had such fun. He can no longer run like he used to. He gets short walks around the block and also uses a doggy pram to see the world as he now has mobility issues. He may be old but he is gold!
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