Analysis of At a Baby Shower…with joy.



The smiles and gifts

And games they play

The love they come to share

The hope of miracles anon

The food that's made with care.

The waiting and the learning now

Seem right as days reflect

A couple have brave journey soon

Full joy and change expect.


Scheme X X A B A B C B C
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 0111 011111 0111001 011111 01000101 111101 01011101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 256
Words 57
Sentences 2
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 22
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Written on July 09, 2022

Submitted by dougb.19255 on July 21, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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