Analysis of The Guys have such difficulty…



You look me straight on
And I like it
Not drifting to others afar.
History we have
Incidental
And laughter and tears
Such we are.
Trusting, a word
That comes quickly
Helping
Wherever one can
Can’t wait for coming
Encounters.
Man to man.


Scheme ABCDEFCGHIJIKJ
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 0111 11011001 10011 010 01001 111 1001 1110 10 01011 11110 010 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 239
Words 47
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 188
Words per stanza (avg) 43

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Male relationships, so often strained

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Written on December 04, 2022

Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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