Analysis of Quiet Neighbours. Amish.



Poetry their travel in
Horse drawn buggies, clopping.
Poetry their roadside  stands
Of flowers, syrup too.
Poetry their well groomed kids
Out walking on a Sunday.
Poetry their breaking sod
With horse teams pulling through.

Masterpiece their Meeting House
White clapboard, urging worship.
Masterpiece the ball games
Where the men just laugh and play
Masterpiece the Gardens, edged
With purpling gladiolas.
Masterpiece the women
Showing love in every way.


Scheme XXABXCXB XXXCXAXC
Poetic Form
Metre 1001100 11101 100111 110101 1001111 110101 1001101 111101 101101 111010 10011 1011101 100101 111 10010 10101001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 454
Words 76
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 187
Words per stanza (avg) 35

About this poem

Our Waterloo Region includes many pleasant Mennonite farms and families. When spring comes the four-horse plows are hard at it. Breaking ground. Much of their Life was recorded in beautiful paintings by local artist Peter Etril Snyder.

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Written on March 06, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 06, 2023

Modified on April 01, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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