Analysis of Pornography



In this sentimental painting of rustic life,
a rosy-cheeked fellow
in a broad hat and ballooning green pants

is twirling a peasant girl in a red frock
while a boy is playing a squeeze-box
near a turned-over barrel

upon which rest a knife, a jug, and small drinking glass.
Two men in rough jackets
are playing cards at a wooden table.

And in the background a woman in a bonnet
stands behind a half-open Dutch door
talking to a merchant or a beggar who is leaning on a cane.

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Poetic Form
Metre 01010101101 010110 0011001011 11001010011 101110011 1011010 0111010101101 110110 1101101010 00010100010 101011011 10101010101110101 01011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 494
Words 95
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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“Aimless Love”

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Submitted by Miller-22 on June 07, 2021

Modified on April 21, 2023

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