Analysis of Port Protection. Tiny Alaskan Village.



Whatever you need you scrounge

No ready cash on this Alaskan island

Barter or snoop around.

Share and share

Trade and trade.

Discover old motors

Jars of screws, nails

Eye bolts and chain.

Fire starter cubes.


Scheme X X X X X X X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 11011101010 101101 101 101 010110 1111 1101 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 251
Words 58
Sentences 6
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 19
Words per stanza (avg) 4

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Resourceful neighbours who share. Little cash anywhere.

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Written on April 26, 2024

Submitted by dougb.72572 on April 26, 2024

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Retired in my 70s. 32 years shipper and safety guy in metal fabrication for roads, bridges structures. Married 49 years to Hilary. Photographer and harmonica busker, both hobbies. Children Lauren and Jordan. more…

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