Analysis of American Gothic
She searches his profile,
Taking his lead of guardedness.
"What if the neighbors knew
The tales of his wrinkles?"
The salty smells of building
A barn, a home, a life,
The cries of a baker's dozen
Raising to adulthood.
His facial stone masks
The searing work, sweat, love, passion,
The dashing young man
Who promised to care.
The stern expression
Cannot conceal
The tenderness of his eyes,
His rough hands to hold,
His lips to taste
As they grow old.
No, the neighbors
must not know.
Scheme | ABCBDEFGBFHIFJBKLKBM |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11011 101111 110101 011110 0101110 010101 01101010 10101 11011 01011110 01011 11011 01010 1001 0100111 11111 1111 1111 1010 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 463 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 377 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 86 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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