Analysis of The Postie



The postie came, the postie went
Nobody to me a letter had sent
It happened today, and tomorrow will too
Unless it’s a bill and payment is due
Then the postie won’t go past
He’ll have for me a letter at last


Scheme AABBCC
Poetic Form Sestain
Sestet 
Metre 011011 11101011 1100100111 0110101011 101111 111101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 213
Words 42
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 42

About this poem

A little bit of humour on the postal service

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Written on December 16, 2019

Submitted on June 06, 2022

Modified on June 08, 2022

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George Cook

Scotlans · 1934 · Lanarkshire

I was born, grew up, and worked in Scotland. I got married in July 1960 and migrated to Australia in 1965 under the then Assisted Passage Migration Scheme. For nine years in Scotland, 1956 to 1965, I worked for a large photographic company which also operated in Australia. I worked there until 1994 when I took early retirement. By this time the children had all grown up it gave my wife and I the chance to think about going ‘back home’ to visit relatives and relations. We did in fact have three visits 1998, 1999 and 2000. My wife and I shared our lives and times together for the rest of 58 years and four months when, sadly, my wife passed away in hospital. more…

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