Analysis of Mill Village
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I dread returning
To that former mill village,
Where Recollections
Of sorrow linger.
Such a heavy weight to bear.
It was on your bike,
Passing by,
That hope and aspirations
Opened.
But the greatest ache,
A deepened murmur,
Was that my affection
was never here.
Unspoken feelings
left unsaid,
Burdensome at times,
weighing on my mind.
| Scheme | XXABX XXAXXBXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 1110110 1010 11010 1010111 11111 101 110010 10 10101 01010 111010 1101 01010 101 10011 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Written on June 04, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 04, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on June 04, 2023
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