Analysis of Whose Business?
Worker:
The new hire has been coughing
hard so, he even spits blood
his house is awashed with July flood
just a few hours is all he asks
Employer:
what business of mine is it
so long the work is done
and all well done
Worker:
Rosemary's mother died
first of her ten children
she cried and the tears have dried
compassion is all she needs
Employer:
what business of mine is it
so long the work is done
and all well done
Employer:
Profit figures are way below
a hundred men may have to go
trippled wage is all to pay
who cares what they have to say
Employer:
what business of mine is it
so long the work is done
and all well done
Worker:
One day the foundation started to give way
years of hard work down the drain
we folded our hands watching in the rain
and this was all we had to say:
What business of ours is it
so long the lord next door
will bear our wage
Scheme | Axbbx ACDD Aedex ACDD Affgg ACDd Aghhg cxx |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (31%) |
Metre | 10 01101110 1111011 1111111 101101111 010 1101111 110111 0111 10 1101 110110 1100111 0101111 010 1101111 110111 0111 010 10101101 01011111 111111 1111111 010 1101111 110111 0111 10 11001010111 1111101 11010110001 01111111 11011011 110111 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 827 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on August 02, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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