Analysis of Food for Poets
JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)
Like manna falling from the heavens
Glorious poetic sustenance will satisfying me
Especially if it happens
A muse provides nutritional inspiration generously
Food for thought manifests in a variety
It's up to the poet to taste
Then discern what is consumable poetry
A poem should not go to waste
| Scheme | ABAB BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110101010 10001010011001 0101110 010101000101000 11110000100 11101011 101110100100 01011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
I swallow a poet baker's dozen daily.
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Written on December 28, 2023
Submitted on December 28, 2023
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