Analysis of Smallholder's tale
Not a tradesman, not a farmer,
Not a teacher, not a shrink
Made of dreams and breezy summer
Still unsure how to think
I’m guiding bees to flowers
I’m helping grass to grow
If you ask me how I do it –
Not a clue, no way to know
I’m a brownie or a banshee
I can sit or fly or stand
I’m the world forever growing
Flesh and blood of ancient land
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011010 1010101 11101010 101111 1101110 110111 11111111 1011111 10101001 1111111 10101010 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 354 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Living on the land, off the land and with the land. Or being the land itself.
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