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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