Analysis of Childhood Lament
John A. Stangeland 1944 (Jamestown, ND)
Whereupon the earth's cold soil
Beast may live and man must toil
A child knows not what's the matter
To them life is but a tasty platter
Piled high each day and night
With love and play and sweet delight
Of all the woes they know not many
Their lives are but a blissful cranny
'Tis good I say that children play
And not be bothered by the day
Their innocence will soon be lost
And not without a highly cost
For when that joyful time's no more
Alas, a man is very poor
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1010111 1110111 01111010 1111101010 111101 11010101 110111110 111101010 11111101 01110101 11001111 01010101 11110111 01011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 473 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
Written for Poetry.com and (C) in 2001 for a contest at that time.
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Written on July 28, 2023
Submitted on July 28, 2023
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