Analysis of Dad's Wraith



Dad couldn't stop thinking about the clowning
It was just so comedic and judgmental
Never had he known anything so crowning

That morning, Dad was shocked by the discounting
He found himself feeling rather transcendental
Dad couldn't stop thinking about the clowning

Later, Dad was spooked by a drowning
He thought the situation had become rather incidental
Never had he known anything so crowning

tried to distract him with a downing
Said it was time to start thinking about a kennel
Dad couldn't stop thinking about the clowning

Dad took action like a browning
The clowning was becoming too sentimental
Never had he known anything so crowning

Dad nosedived like an angry gowning
His mind became dangerously detrimental
Dad couldn't stop thinking about the clowning
Never had he known anything so crowning


Scheme AbA abA abA abA abA abAA
Poetic Form Villanelle 
Metre 11011001010 11110100010 1011110110 1101111010 11011010010 11011001010 101111010 11001010110010 1011110110 110111010 1111111001010 11011001010 11101010 01010101010 1011110110 1111101 11011000010 11011001010 1011110110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 810
Words 137
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

A villanelle Made in 4th period Bender.

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Written on May 02, 2022

Submitted by andrewd.88239 on May 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Andrew DeRosa

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