Analysis of The Friendless and Lonely Scarecrow
Made of straw with no living soul,
Empty of pleasure, of love and of hope;
The scarecrow endures the heat and the cold
Without a friend or hand to hold.
There is no greater sorrow I know
Than that of the friendless and lonely scarecrow.
Hung and bound as crucified,
Never to live, never to die,
Far from a friend's compassionate eye,
The scarecrow waits, not knowing why.
There is no greater sorrow I know
Than that of the friendless and lonely scarecrow.
No ear to hear the chirping bird,
Nor eye to see this beauteous world.
No skin to feel the zephyr's swirl,
Nor nose to smell the fragrant rose.
There is no greater sorrow I know
Than that of the friendless and lonely scarecrow.
Some might covet this man of straw,
No sorrow to feel, no pain to gnaw;
Yet better to hurt than not feel at all
And miss the blessing of wherewithal.
There is no greater sorrow I know
Than that of the friendless and lonely scarecrow.
If I, one day, a scarecrow be-
Alone, forsaken, forever empty,
Untouched, unfeeling, unable to see,
Then let these words be said of me:
"There is no greater sorrow we know
Than that of the friendless and lonely scarecrow!"
Scheme | xxaa BB xccc BB xxxx BB ddee BB ffff bB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 11111101 1011011011 0100101001 01011111 111101011 1110101010 101110 10111011 110101001 01011101 111101011 1110101010 11110101 1111111 1111011 11110101 111101011 1110101010 11101111 110111111 1101111111 01010110 111101011 1110101010 11110101 0101001010 0101001011 11111111 111101011 1110101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,149 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
This poem is about feeling for those who cannot feel.
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Written on September 27, 2022
Submitted by joeevaughan on September 27, 2022
Modified on March 21, 2023
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