Analysis of Friend Store



Where do you go when you want a friend?
A friend to talk to, cry to, smile with, cuddle with.

Two streets over and four blocks down.
There's a place with "HELLO" over the entrance,
Posters in the windows saying "COME IN", "WELCOME."
And a big blue neon sign reading "FRIEND STORE."

Just open the door and walk in.
Ring the bell on the counter.
A gray haired jolly man will come to meet you.
"How can I help you today?"

Just say "I'd like a girl friend, a musical friend,
A poet, a blind friend, a black friend,
A funny friend, and if you don't mind,
A friend to be with on the weekend."

He'll say to you,
"Sure. That will be honesty and respect please.
Just don't waste any one of them."
And, he'll give you thanks for change.


Scheme AX XXXX XXBX AAXA BXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111101 011111111101 11100111 10110110010 100010101010 00111011011 11001010 1011010 01110111111 1111101 111101101001 010011011 010101111 01111101 1111 11111000011 11110111 0111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 780
Words 153
Sentences 14
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by Ta9nglemouse on May 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Blaine William Corkum

I wrote my first poem for my grandfather when I was 8 years old. more…

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