Analysis of Scarecrow



The rain's left you moldy,
in a coating of green.
And you're the ugliest
scarecrow I've ever seen.

You're just a puppet,
in the image of man.
Clothed in dirty rags,
over a rusty tin can.

The stuffing's fallen out,
of your wind torn clothes.
And now you hang deflated,
in your once noble pose.

You look so comical,
like a crazed circus clown.
You're leaning lopsided,
and about to fall down.

With an old wrinkled face,
you're too sad for words.
Yet the crops are ready,
and there's no sign of birds.


Scheme ABXB XCXC XXDX XEDE XFAF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 011110 001011 010100 101101 11010 001011 10101 1001011 01101 11111 0111010 011101 111100 101101 110110 001111 111101 11111 101110 011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 479
Words 93
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on October 07, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Emile Pinet

I was born in a small town, (Bathurst) New Brunswick, Canada,. The third eldest of thirteen children, ten girls and three boys. I’m the product of a semi-dysfunctional family, brought up by a controlling, physically abusive father, verses a loving mother. Many of my poems reflect the uniqueness and special circumstances of my upbringing. more…

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