Analysis of GARBAGE HEAP



A beggar woman standing
By the garbage heap
As if 'mid the past hours
Of so many lives,
Meals that have been had
Together or in solitude,
And many things
That were precious once,
Memories of events,
Joys that are forgot,
Encapsulated in garbage, lie
In a living death.
She stands
As if wanting to draw
Her present from others' past
Somehow and despite myself
I grudge
Her cheating us out of our lives.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQD
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010 10101 1110110 11101 11111 0101010 0101 10101 100101 11101 01000101 00101 11 111011 0101101 10011 11 010111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 402
Words 81
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 318
Words per stanza (avg) 74
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Written on January 22, 2022

Submitted by vckarr17 on January 22, 2022

Modified on March 28, 2023

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