Analysis of Small Towns
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Small towns of the open road,
How many stories untold you hold.
I glimpse your welcome sign, I slow,
Your dusty streets evoke a glow.
What history lies behind your quaint facade?
What secrets in your creaky doors are locked?
Do tales of love and loss still resonate,
Within the walls of buildings arcane?
Amidst the verdant fields and rolling hills,
Your homely charm enchants my will.
I hear some laughter, tinkling chimes,
I smell the sweetness of the limes.
Do you recall a time when horses brayed,
And trains and carriages barreled through your spades?
Do your elders still reminisce,
Of memories too precious to dismiss?
Small towns of the open road,
I marvel at your rich abode.
Please retain your precious lore,
For us wanderers, who seek for more.
Scheme | Axbb xxxx xxcc axdd Aaee |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 1110101 110100111 11110111 11010101 11001011101 1100110111 111101110 01011101 0101010101 1101111 111101001 11010101 111011101 01010010111 1110101 1100110101 1110101 11011101 1011101 111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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