Analysis of Madcap Limner Dares to stand behind a podium
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
He takes the podium
Or wanders the aisles.
Whatever.
The folks know
Tis not a lecture
Though Billy well read in
The Old Chestnuts.
Their, slant, sins
And splashing. He might
Start out
Describing a quiet afternoon
Retreat in the den.
Book in hand.
Only to catch hold of
A framed print to his left.
A barn and a glorious
Field of wheat alongside.
Feisty hawk soaring above
A messy Lad hiding behind
The tractor
Slingshot poised with
Murderous intent.
Now we’re off Gang.
Billy with bang.
Scheme | ABCDCEFGHIJKLMNOPMQCRSTT |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100 11001 10 011 11010 110110 0110 111 01011 11 01001001 01001 101 101111 011111 0100100 111011 1011001 01011001 010 111 10001 1011 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 488 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 385 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
About this poem
Giving some decent credit to Billy Collins, one time poet laureate American. Laureate? You mean like Tennyson, Coleridge or Masefield? Nah, maybe better but bent.
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Written on January 27, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on January 27, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on January 27, 2023
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