Analysis of In The Backyard of Others



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
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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