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 |
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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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