Analysis of Wee Shop by Robert service. Given words by me; but not as rich.
They took all savings
Mother came out of hiding
Daughter left seamstress grind
Had a charming candy shop in mind.
En passing I twigged
To a new sign
Decorated window
Glimpses of savoureuses
Mouth watering.
Over the weeks I
Was their secret
Admirer and spy.
Bookkeeping done with
Frowns at the desk.
Resilient smiles in
A new window
Dressed up.
Or in a sweet little
Story or hope shared.
But very few customers
Entering, perusing.
Quell domage.
Inventories strained.
Hairstyles in disarray.
Mother took to a chair
Mostly.
Daughter desperate.
Finally darkness.
Goods all gone.
I missed any notice
Of liquidation.
Daughter returned
To sweatshop needlework.
Scheme | ABCCXXDAB EXEXXXDXXX XBXXXXXXFXFX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 1011110 101101 101010101 11011 1011 10010 1011 1100 10011 1110 01001 1011 1101 01010 0110 11 100110 10111 1101100 100010 11 0101 1001 101101 10 1010 10010 111 111010 1010 1001 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 657 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 10, 12, 2 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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In his months in Bohemian Paris with other starving artists.
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