Analysis of Blood Bought

julie leyraud 1960 (USA)



Me and mine are one and five
We scrimped and saved, we had to survive
I climbed the corporate ladder
While to them, school was the matter
Missing their tender, young years
They not knowing of my many fears
As the years went, time did fly
And on occasions they asked why
We must progress to better our life
Part-time parenting can cause strife
Goals were set, we had to succeed
Each looking to me, they believed
On top we were, time to celebrate
Half of them grown, full of debate
The knock at the door was early morn
No more were five, but only four
A puzzle complete now missed a piece
The price so high, where hurt doesn't cease
"Money makes life," you've heard the song
Let the truth be know, they're all wrong


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFGHHIJKKLL
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1011101 110111101 11010010 11111010 1011011 111011101 1011111 01010111 111110101 11100111 10111101 11011101 11101110 11111101 011011101 11011101 010011101 011111101 10111101 10111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 694
Words 137
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 560
Words per stanza (avg) 136
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Submitted by Juliea777 on August 31, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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