Analysis of CARPENTER (Poem #64)



A carpenter does great work with his hands;
And his mind, too, as he looks over the plans.
This kind of work may take a lot of skill.
But to see a finished job is surely a thrill.
He figures and he measures with his tape.
For a great product he hopes he will make.
Trial and error surely make him the best.
Seeing a beautiful product must make him feel blessed.
As we drive around town, he points out this and that
Whether it be a church or a barn or some other habitat.
And driving on by, he says with such pride.
“I hope that the people are happy who inside abide.”
And when he's retired and his work is all done,
I'm sure he will look back and remember the fun


Scheme ABCCDEFFGGHHII
Poetic Form
Metre 0100111111 01111111001 1111110111 111010111001 1100110111 1011011111 10010101101 1001001011111 111011111101 101101101111010 0101111111 11101011010101 01101011111 111111001001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 654
Words 135
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 510
Words per stanza (avg) 134
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Submitted on November 29, 2016

Modified on April 20, 2023

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Jean Gorney

I wrote a poem for my daughter and new son-in-law and read it at their wedding reception in 1997. People have been encouraging me ever since. I try to write up-beat and happy poetry. My poetry has been in many anthologies, newspapers, church bulletins,etc. I won a small contest once. I self-published some small(4x5)books with about 16 poems in each that can be used as greeting cards. I include an envelope for mailing. Check them out on my FB page under Jean Magill Gorney. more…

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