Analysis of Nobody's Home
Slender, whispering and flaming firewood surrounds
the gray-weathered clapboards of the deserted
homestead whose torn gingham curtains blow among
the paneless windows with the gentle breeze of
a summer morning.
Silence is challenged by harmonizing birds
who serenade the intruder of the rustic vista
with the ardor of a courting lover.
Cobwebs woven by a tireless spider hang
among the eaves and entryway,
catching unsuspecting victims who dare
cross the threshold only to become
the larder of the eight-legged trapper.
Summer grass, uncut, falls beneath the
soft soles of the stealthy encroacher as
it muffles the sound of a pounding heart,
anticipating the unknown beyond the
latched and warped door of the abandoned abode.
As cobwebs are cleared by a willow stick,
the frightened spider scrambles to safey, furious
at the bold intrusion.
Slowly, the rusty latch lifts----what awaits the
curious visitor from within these walls?
Footsteps echo throughout the dwelling,
rooms are empty, pictures are gone,
family and mirth are ghosts of the past,
nobody's home to offer a cup of coffee,
nobody's home to say goodbye.
Scheme | XXXXA XBCXXXXC BXXBXXXX BXAXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101000101001 0110110010 1111010101 0110101011 01010 1011011001 1010010101010 1010101010 11010100101 01010100 100101011 10110101 0101011010 10111010 11101011 1100110101 0100001010 10111001001 11111011 010101011100 101010 10010111010 10010010111 11001010 11101011 1000111101 1111001110 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,095 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 8, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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