Analysis of Stolen Habit
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
toil incessantly,
back bent
like burdened beast,
laboring against the weight
of living.
sweat, struggle,
muscle and spirit strained
in the brutal dance of earning.
when the day is done,
the spirit undaunted,
strengthens,
a fire kindled in the forge
of strife.
| Scheme | XXXXA XXA XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100 11 1101 1000101 110 110 100101 00101110 10111 010010 10 01010001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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The poem depicts the harsh realities of labor and the indomitable spirit that emerges from it.
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