Analysis of I will Try To Do Better

Neil McLeod 1947 (Oxford)



I will try to do better,
I'll try to keep my socks pulled up,
I'll watch where I'm going in future,
And not sit down in the muck.
I know that my jersey's in tatters,
My white mouse, he nibbled the thread
So he can peek out during lessons,
And get some fresh air round his head.
I know that my shoes are all scuffed up
I'm getting some polish next week,
My Mum's coming round at half term,
I'm excited, that's really a treat.

Please Father!
I will try to do better,
I've washed hands, see nails free of loam,
The curls on my head just will not lie flat,
Since last week when I lost my comb.
My "S" belt it seems to be missing,
I looked for a long time last night,
The boy in the next bed may've nicked it,
Cause I flicked him and gave him a fright.
I do brush my teeth every morning,
I try not to miss when it's late,
Mum say's if I don't she must take me
To the dentist, something I will hate.


Scheme Abaxxcxcbxxx aAdxdefxfegxg
Poetic Form Tetractys  (24%)
Metre 1111110 11111111 111110010 0111001 111110010 11111001 111111010 01111111 111111111 11011011 11101111 101011001 110 1111110 11111111 0111111111 11111111 111111110 11101111 0100111111 111101101 1111110010 11111111 111111111 101010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 883
Words 186
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 12, 13
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 335
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Submitted by NeilMcLeod on April 14, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Neil McLeod

Born in Oxford, raised in Kenya, past winner of Los Slamgeles Poetry Slam and author of abitingchance.blogspot.comand "The First Thanksgiving".Doctor McLeod is a performing poet who has recited at Highland Games, dinners and Burns Nights for the last 36 years. He is happily married, lives and works in Los Angeles,has three children, and practices as a dentist on Sunset Boulevard:http://www.drneilmcleod.com/He can be contacted by e-mail at drneilmcleod@yahoo.com and will willingly entertain requests to share his work with permission. more…

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