Analysis of June Bug



If I were you
And you were me
How different would we be?

Would an Anteater
In an Aardvark’s body
Still be an Anteater?

A June Bug
And a mosquito
Were eaten by a Blue Jay.
Do the bugs cease to be bugs
Or do they become the bird?

So, what became of what the June Bug ate?


Scheme XAA BAB XXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 0101 1100111 1110 01110 11110 011 00010 0101011 1011111 1110101 1101110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 261
Words 58
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 5, 1
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 15

About this poem

Just a thought about our existence and just what it is that makes up who we are and how we got to be that way.

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Written on August 31, 2021

Submitted by jonesjam on September 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jim Jones

I have known for most of my life that words are mischievous critters. Words don't always do what they should. I have attempted to discipline them and have occasionally been able to make them behave the way I want them to. I have always written for my own enjoyment, but at times I have remodeled some of my earlier poems so that I can share them with others without embarrassing anyone - like me for instance. Since I am retired from a job, but not retired from life (yet), COVID has given me the opportunity to reassess those poems that I can find that I have written and get them ready to share with others and maybe even have others enjoy them. more…

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