Analysis of My Neighbor's Azaleas
Azaleas blooming on my neighbor's vine,
The cost was his and his the labor too,
Are owned by him but they are also mine;
Mine to enjoy, their loveliness to view.
They bloom for me and are to me so far
Because a good man grew them I am rich,
Much more than he who gives gentle care;
I love them so, their view I often snitch.
I know from this that others plant for me
So why be selfish when in what they own
Is shared with all that joy may also be
Upon neighbor's vine, for you it's grown.
So plant azaleas on your other side
That other neighbor's joy may there abide.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011101 0111010101 1111111101 11011111 1111011111 0101111111 111111101 1111111101 1111110111 1111010111 1111111101 011011111 1101011101 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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