Analysis of In The Backyard of Others
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
In the backyard of others,
Some probe as if their noses...
Are on their faces,
To shift quick and sniff...
What a neighbor does,
They have nothing to do with.
And,
Their eyes and ears are glued,
To every movement...
Their neighbors around them do.
Yet will claim when caught,
Rummaging through a neighbor's garbage...
That they were assisting to ensure...
Nothing of importance had been discarded,
By mistake.
Scheme | ABCDCEFGHIJKLMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001110 1111110 11110 11101 10101 1110111 0 110111 110010 1100111 11111 100101010 110010101 10101011010 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 409 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 315 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Written on April 17, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on April 17, 2023
Modified on April 17, 2023
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