Analysis of poem #14



A drunkard’s guzzled several days,
And staggering outside,  
Dull and disoriented, seeks,
But cannot find, a guide.   

The hour proclaimed is even six,
Twice daily otium.  
The arrow hangs at bottom rim
Like a dead pendulum.  

The birth and dying of the light
Are symmetry in dim.
The day is leaching into night,
Or morning’s failing him.


Scheme XAXA XBBB CBCB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 0101101 010011 1001001 110101 010011101 1101 01011101 101100 01010101 110001 01110011 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 334
Words 57
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted by DavidPlantinga on June 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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