Analysis of the baby farmers



it's lonely in this unholy house
these haunted acres
and when we spark up the harvester
the incinerator
we're angel-makers

"May I have some more?" they say,
"Sir, may I have another?"
Infanticide by the river's side
to keep a lucky few
tucked under covers
rather than under-structure

there are city slums
and mining camps
that seek our service
cathouses' casual mothers
fill our purpose


Scheme XABBA XBXXAB XXCAC
Poetic Form
Metre 110010101 11010 011110100 00100 11010 1111111 1111010 01010101 110101 11010 1011010 11101 0101 111010 110010 11010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 377
Words 70
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 5
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wesley Morin

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