Analysis of Every Dog Has His Day



I didn’t know it, but I believed it to be true
You didn’t show it, what was happening to you
When your feelings redefined and you changed your worried mind
And you left me way behind in the cold
I remember a time when you treated me so kind
Then you let me go, on my own

I believe that love will come my way
I believe that love will come my way
I believe that love will come my way
I believe every dog has his day

I didn’t feel it, it caught me by surprise
I didn’t see it, the look in your eyes
When your feelings redefined and you changed your worried mind
And you left me way behind in the cold
I remember a time when you treated me so kind
Then you let me go on my own

Believe me when I say this dog will have his day
Howling for the love that will be coming his
You can call me babe, you can call me any time
When you need a friend to by your lonely side
When you’re lonely


Scheme aaBCBD EEEe ffBCBD exxxx
Poetic Form
Metre 111111011111 11111110011 11100010111101 0111101001 1010011110111 11111111 101111111 101111111 101111111 1011001111 1111111101 111101011 11100010111101 0111101001 1010011110111 11111111 011111111111 10101111101 111111111101 11101111101 1110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 895
Words 190
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 6, 5
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 170
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Written on January 18, 2019

Submitted by tribeone_b on January 04, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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