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.
Research the rest of Aimless Love
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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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