Analysis of Easy Streets



Direct me to easy streets
where pots are filled with gold
Direct me to many treats
where pleasures are threefold

Direct me to hideaways
where quandaries find retreat
Direct me to quiet bays
where ventures are discreet

Direct me to magic lands
where every dream comes true
Direct me to sugar sands
where bathers jump the queue

Direct me to rendezvous'
where furtive meetings square
Direct me to higher views
where times are good and fair

Direct me to Shangri-las
where great performers play
Direct me to wondrous ahs
where delights have their say


Scheme ABAB ACXC DEDE EFXF XGXG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0111101 111111 0111101 11011 01111 1100101 0111101 110101 0111101 1100111 0111101 110101 011110 110101 0111101 111101 0111101 110101 0111101 101111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 526
Words 94
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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