Analysis of The Farmer



There was a farmer who once wish
To eat such an extravagant dish
Planting under the scorching heat
He imagined that beef juicy meat

Every morning when he goes to work
He randomly thinks of that crunchy pork
And as the calluses on his hands continue to thicken
He assumes he's one step closer to that marinated chicken

Food became his main inspiration
To strive in his difficult situation
But given the circumstance where he was born
And all his crops destroyed by the heavy storm

It pierced his heart to simply accept
Those delicious meals he won't get
But a rare opportunity abruptly came
When he got invited by a famous name

The whole town called him - Mr. Ben
His parties were rated a perfect ten
Always held in his mesmerizing mansion
The farmer knew attending would be a best decision

And so that day finally arrived
The farmer had never felt so alive
He went wearing his most treasured shirt
Just for that day, he ain't covered in dirt

They all stand to hear Mr. Ben's long speech
He's excited to taste the food he could reach
But suddenly there was an endless loud shooting sound
And most of the attendees dropped dead to the ground

The farmer now lying helplessly
Couldn't stop thinking of his family
For the first time in history
It wasn't food he wants so dearly

In his final moment the farmer happened to realize
His petty desire comes with unattainable price

And yet...
His stomach still protests until his last breath
As his frail bony figure, welcomed death.


Scheme AABB XXCC CCXX XDEE FFCC XXGG HHII JJJJ XX DKK
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111 111101001 10100101 101011101 1001011111 1100111101 0101111010110 101111101110010 10111010 1101100010 1100101111 01110110101 111111001 10101111 10101000101 11101010101 01111101 1100100011 110110010 01010101101010 011110001 0101101101 111011101 1111111001 1111110111 10101101111 1100111101101 011001111101 010110100 1011011100 10110100 110111110 01101001010110 1100101101001 01 1101101111 1111010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,483
Words 276
Sentences 5
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 3
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

This poem depicts a person's endless tiring chase for something and how life has its own way of planning an escape to ensure it would remain out of grasp.

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Written on November 04, 2022

Submitted by FLi on January 19, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

1:24 min read
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Francelle Ortega

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