Analysis of Detective noir story (Poems 3,4 & 5)
John's date was no bug-eyed Betty, smarty
I first thought, but she's more a baby vamp
With some chassis, his goon left the party
Probably went back to the rub to camp
Hoping to snag a fish, a dumb Dora
To take to his struggle buggy to neck
John hires drug store cowboys. We talked busha
Then the ankle blew to get dolled up, Heck
More dolling up she'll be in a toy store
Likely use the Ameche to roommate
To get notes from class she won't be there for
He cut to the chase, said he'd pay my rate
(A Yard a day I cover expenses)
Grabbed slid Grand before I reached my senses
I uttered “I take it I should play Spade,
Drop the P.I. be Gonif,?” John nodded
His dough was in my pocket, I'll degrade
Myself to keep it there, our talk plodded
Along, my mind wandered waiting for him
To get to the plot to find what to steal
Giving me ten days dough the chance was slim
The deal was on the up and up. I'm real
Close to believing when I fall, It's for good
He would not let me fall to copper hands
His grand would be forfeit but if a hood
Was near-by at my Harlem sunset, grands
Walk off. Now know he has the curse on me
They'll be shadow of jingle-brained jobbie
He was done beating his jaw, spoke of loot
Spilled the rumble, speaking from out of a daze
“No Gooseberry lay, forget Oyster fruit”
“You pipe that?” I swam up through my thought's haze
He asked me if I knew my Geology
I spoke “no”. “You took it all for Granite”
He said. “Right! and you know Theology”
I said. “It's rarest Gem on the Planet”
He babbled on. “A gem inside a gem
Egg-sized Diamond encased in Amber
Bindle punk tale I never believed them
If true, that's something to make me clamber
I asked what made him believe it was real
The grapevine said his foe had set a deal
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XX GHGH IJIJ KLKL AX MNMN AOAO PQPQ JJ |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111010 1111110101 1110111010 1001110111 1011010110 1111101011 1101111110 1010111111 111110011 101001011 1111111111 1110111111 0101110010 1110111110 1101111111 10111110 1110110101 1111110110 0111101011 1110111111 1011110111 0111010111 11010111111 1111111101 1111101101 111111011 1111110111 11111011 1111011111 10101011101 110101101 1111111111 11111110100 1111111110 1110110100 1111011010 1101010101 111001010 1011110011 1111011110 1111101111 011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,759 |
Words | 348 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
Font size:
Submitted on October 08, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 1:48 min read
- 6 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Detective noir story (Poems 3,4 & 5)" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 12 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/69443/detective-noir-story-%28poems-3%2C4-%26-5%29>.
Discuss this karl stuber poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In