Analysis of The shed
THE SHED
A gentleman’s shed is an asset
Of that there’s no shadow of doubt
It’s great to be there on the inside
When stormy clouds gather without.
It’s top hole if you have a notion
To play with computers all day
Perhaps dart in there with your crossword
When Mother-in-Law comes to stay.
For those with a musical talent
It’s ideal to tune your guitar
And knock up a tune on the squeezebox
Or practice your Tonic-Sol-Fa.
You may have a bent for invention
To discover a cure for the flu
Or, just slip in there to write poetry
As some silly sods seem to do.
You can cook in your timber built hideout
Make coffee or tea and a sarny
Believe me, it’s the right place to be
When you and the wife have a barney.
Yes a gentleman’s shed is his castle
His refuge, his fort, his redoubt
A place of his own in all weathers
Where the sins of the world are locked out.
There’s many a septuagenarian
Who did nowt, and finished up dead
He’d have lasted a bloody sight longer
If his missus had bought him a shed.
Alan Parry-Booth 3.5.14.
Scheme | A XBXB CDXD XXEX CFGF BCGG XBEB CAXA X |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 01 011111 1111111 111111001 11011001 111111010 11101011 01101111 11001111 111010010 10111101 01101101 11011011 111011010 101001101 1110111100 11101111 111011011 11011001 011101111 110011010 10111110 11011101 011110110 101101111 1100000100 11101011 1110010110 111011101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,018 |
Words | 199 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on November 28, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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