Analysis of Burlap Bags



I live alone;
I pick pecans.
When leaves are dry
or wet upon the ground,
I thrash the trees.
I break from branches
undropped, green-husked nuts
and pull the fleshy hulls
from harder shells.
I put them in my
musty burlap bag.
My bent back aches.
I pick the nuts
that fall to earth --
blown by wind, wrenched
from over-weighted twigs.
I store this trove
with acrid smells
in burlap bags.
The nut man calls
but twice a year.
He brings the news;
we drink a beer.
He pays me well,
refreshes my supply
of dusty burlap hell.


Scheme ABCDEFGHICJKGLMNOIPQRSRTCT
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 1101 1111 110101 1101 11110 1111 010101 1101 11101 1011 1111 1101 1111 1111 110101 1111 1101 011 0111 1101 1101 1101 1111 010101 11011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 492
Words 99
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 26
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 399
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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L. Larry Amadore

A word lover who enjoys beautiful poetry of all genres and responds with admiration to fresh and felicitous phrases. [Retired manufacturing/production control mgr./marketing manager/financial analyst. USAF veteran; lived in US, Mexico, Germany, Turkey.] more…

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