Analysis of Cities are they

Laurie Edberg 1966 (Sechelt)



Cities are a they

She gives us flowers,
She gives us land to play,
She provides beauty to gaze upon,
She gives us water ways,
So boats can glide upon.

He gives us buildings to the sky,
He gives us roads of tar,
He gives us statues to gaze upon,
He gives us transportation.

They gives us parks,
They gives us infrastructure,
They gives the ability to admire.

She needs he,
He needs her,
For they create our cities.


Scheme A XABXB XXBX XCX XCX
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 11110 111111 101101101 111101 111101 11110101 111111 11111101 111010 1111 111010 1100100101 111 110 11011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 419
Words 97
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 16

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Written on April 19, 2024

Submitted by Laurie.edberg on April 19, 2024

Modified by Laurie.edberg on April 20, 2024

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Laurie Edberg

I am 55 years old, I live in Vancouver,BC with my oldest son. more…

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