Analysis of Neighbours
The man that is open of heart to his neighbour,
And stops to consider his likes and dislikes,
His blood shall be wholesome whatever his labour,
His luck shall be with him whatever he strikes.
The Splendour of Morning shall duly possess him,
That he may not be sad at the falling of eve.
And, when he has done with mere living--God bless him!--
A many shall sigh, and one Woman shall grieve!
But he that is costive of soul toward his fellow,
Through the ways, and the works, and the woes of this life,
Him food shall not fatten, him drink shall not mellow;
And his innards shall brew him perpetual strife.
His eye shall be blind to God's Glory above him;
His ear shall be deaf to Earth's Laughter around;
His Friends and his Club and his Dog shall not love him;
And his Widow shall skip when he goes underground!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111011111 01101011001 1111101011 1111111011 01110110011 111111101011 011111110111 01011011011 111111101110 101001001111 111110111110 011011101001 111111110011 11111111001 110110111111 01101111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 805 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 316 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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