Analysis of Beneficial Labor
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Two are better than just one,
Good reward for their labor;
Faster to get the job done,
When you assist your neighbor.
If one falls another aids,
Enabled to lift him up;
The fear of loneliness fades,
When you are sharing a cup.
Man and wife lie together,
Mutual warmth shares the heat;
When lying alone neither,
Feels not the warmth of their feet.
Man prevails with one alone,
But two would be resisting;
A threefold cord like a bone,
A threat that is existing.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD BEBE FGFG B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 1011110 1011011 1101110 1110101 0101111 0111001 1111001 1011010 1001101 1100110 1101111 1011101 1111010 011101 0111010 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
Evil Under the Sun Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
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