Analysis of The Quilt With The Hidden Treasure
Eileen Clark 1993 (Htfd. Ct.)
I got a letter from a very old friend
She said my grandma's life has come to an end
My grandma lived so many miles and states away
I tried to get her to move, she said it's here I'll stay
There was a time the farm was pretty nice
In my younger years I stayed there once or twice
My friend said there's no point in you traveling out here
The place is so run down you couldn't trade it for a case of beer
So I went there anyway because I figured what have I got to loose
The farm is a shack on a dirt road and all I got is dirt in my shoes
As the dust settled down something was becoming clear for me to see Hanging on the railing was a quilt and nearby her dog covered with fleas
Looking all around this barren land thinking well isn't this just my luck
Finding the right folks and do some fancy talking I might make a few bucks
As I was doing my planning I spotted a tattered note pinned to the quilt
It said, pull a few threads, in the lining there's enough for a mansion to be built
Author Eileen Clark 2022
Scheme | AABB CCXX XXX XXDD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101011 1111111111 110111010101 1111011111111 1101011101 01101111111 1111110110011 0111111101110111 11111001110111111 011011011011111011 10110110101011111101010101011011011 101011101101101111 100110111010111011 1111011011001011101 11101100101011010111 10011 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,282 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 19 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
About this poem
A grandma dies and leaves her grandson her broken down old shack with a big surprise attached to it.
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Written on September 18, 2022
Submitted by eileenclark55 on October 24, 2022
Modified by eileenclark55 on October 26, 2022
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