Analysis of The Handyman
The saw cuts through my thoughts
as the drill fills sounds through the air
the hammer smashes upon the nails
without a veil of silence within my head
For the worker that grinds each day
deserving of much more for his trade
yet receiving little from his slavers of labour
as his hands now become callused and cut
with all eight fingers stretched out bent
While he cuts away sheets of tin
to change into a hidden passage for heat
as he is unnoticed by a world of people
that walks by the house on the street
| Scheme | XXXX XXXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111 10111101 010100101 01011100111 10101111 010111111 10101011111 111101101 11110111 11101111 11010101011 111010101110 11101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 505 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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