Analysis of Canarsie
Canarsie-
Faceless doors and
grimy dry windows
loom above
cracked sidewalks
The old corner store
longs for warm bodies
The "L" roars past
like a jackhammer,
Ah, the noise
| Scheme | AXAXA XA XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1 1010 10110 101 11 01101 11110 0111 1010 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Canarsie brooklyn New York
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Written on March 05, 2018
Submitted by webresponse on December 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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