Analysis of Scarecrow
I stand my ground, both day and night,
Within this field of grain.
My job, to scare the birds away;
With little thanks and zero pay;
In sunshine and in rain.
Most people pass and pay no mind;
A few will cast a glance.
And fewer still may point and smile,
Amused by my sartorial style
Or by my stolid stance.
Yet, I can have great fun sometimes,
For I can dance, you know.
The breeze will come and take my hand;
I'll cut a rug right where I stand,
And put on quite a show.
But then, when harvest time is here,
I know I face the sack.
The farmer will toss me aside,
Or maybe send me on that ride
From which there's no way back!
Copyright © Robert Haigh 2012
Scheme | XABBA XCDDC XEFFE XGHHG B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 011111 11110101 11010101 01001 11010111 011101 01011101 011101001 111101 11111101 111111 01110111 11011111 011101 11110111 111101 01011101 11011111 111111 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 665 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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