Analysis of Postcard from Perdido Key
Matthew Paddock 1961 (New York)
I tried not to get jealous as I read the postcard.
Oh, the picture it contained,
I dreamed back to a place with no pain.
A place where the tide would rush over your feet,
or the docks where those funny birds would meet.
The time you would wade in,
and how the salty spray would bash against you again and again.
The rod, stuck in the sand, slumping over as a fish took
the bait.
When you reel in the line,
how the fish fought,
and how the feeling was after it was caught.
All of these memories I think,
but here I am at home.
Doesn't that stink.
Scheme | XXXAAXX XXXXXBXB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111111011101 1010101 111101111 01101111011 1011110111 011110 0101011101101001 01100110101011 01 111001 1011 01010110111 11110011 111111 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
About this poem
This about remembering old, fun memories from a place I enjoyed.
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Written on April 29, 2022
Submitted by friedchicken77270 on April 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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