Analysis of A Farmer's Hands



The farmer's hands were dark with dirt
Because he was so long at work.
They both looked rough and calloused too
From all the work he had to do.

He raised one hand as if to shield
The sun which shined upon his field
So he could look about his farm
While he enjoyed a day so warm.

Both hands had made this day be one
In which no work was left undone,
Because the farmer worked 'till night
To make sure all chores turned out right.


Scheme XXAA BBXX CCDD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 01010111 01111111 11110101 11011111 11111111 01110111 11110111 11010111 11111111 01111101 01010111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 430
Words 93
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

My uncle was a farmer in Iowa.

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Written on August 20, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 20, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 20, 2023

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