Analysis of A Little Mine Cave



3 Little Men
in the days of old,
were trapped in a mineshaft
all in search of Gold

All of them were in love
with all the people who were above
now that they were trapped,
their little hearts had snapped

They Laughed,They Cried
to escape, they tried
but to escape, twas in vain
for all of their pain

They slowly breathed
so they wouldn't die
but when the people above saw the truth
they then began to cry

Finally the mine opened,
so they could escape,
But when the people looked inside
They found they were too late


Scheme XAAA BBCC DDEE XFXF XXDX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (40%)
Metre 101 00111 01001 10111 111001 110101001 11101 110111 111 10111 1101101 11111 1101 11101 1101001101 110111 1000110 11101 11010101 111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 518
Words 108
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 20

About this poem

This is a descriptive poem describing the sad plight of miners who used to risk their lives and what would happen if they got trapped

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Written on August 26, 2020

Submitted on August 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nick Jacob

Nick Jacob is an American poet, who's works include "The Little Mine Cave" and "An Drink to Life" more…

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