Analysis of Harps on the Streets



I ply the streets with music
Stores or park or square
Wherever folks are busy
And needing peace and care.
The songs seem almost corny
The stuff of Grandpa’s Rest.
From campfire or Ship’s belly.
Harmonicas play best.
And sometimes One
Will stop to chat.
The song a door to Past.
When troubles needed antidote
When sorrow had amassed.
But through the Vale
They ventured to
Faith’s Brightest Shore beyond.
And they say thanks
Or drop a coin.
Community responds.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101110 11111 0101110 010101 011110 01111 1101110 111 0011 1111 010111 1101010 110101 1101 1101 110101 0111 1101 010001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 465
Words 89
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 366
Words per stanza (avg) 80
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Written on April 02, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 02, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on April 02, 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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