Analysis of The Plougher
For years he harnessed
The old horse
Then walked it off
To the field
Beyond acres of gorse
Then for hours
Both strolled
The same acres
Of the field
As he guided
His companion
Dragging a plough.
Both experienced
Across the years
Weather of various kind
As they walked together
As if being owners of a mine.
But the only gold available
Were various vegetables
Especially spuds
Required
For consumption.
But time takes its toll
And eventually the old horse
Entered mother earth. To be
Later followed by his old friend.
Scheme | XAXBA CXCBXDX XXXXX XXXXD XAXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 011 1111 101 011011 1110 11 0110 101 1110 1010 1001 10100 0101 1011001 111010 111010101 101010100 0100100 0101 010 1010 11111 001000011 1010111 10101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 5, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on July 16, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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