Analysis of WEEDS ON THE LAWN (Poem #269)
Weeds were growing out on the lawn.
No matter what I did they were never gone.
I'd tug and I'd pull,
But the lawn was still full,
Whether I used patience or brawn.
© Copyright 8/1/1999 by Jean E. Gorney
| Scheme | AABBA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101101 11011110101 11011 101111 10111011 1011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on March 02, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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