Analysis of The Room, Grandfather, Lulu, and I
A small study lamb,
a tea cup with sharpened lead pencils
(number two),
polished wooden panels:
walls dressed in masks
(African vodun mugs).
An old stone fireplace with
portrait of colored girls
dancing above stained hardwood mantel.
Lulu, with a mind as dull as the room,
hung her thoughts out for scrutiny.
Shadows waltz in faint glow,
and smell send eyes searching
and minds speculating
about smudges on worn carpet.
From the door,
dark antique table stood smug,
on feline's legs, in a corner to the left.
Grandfather clock with pendulum,
a tongue that utters time.
A gem tells of certainty,
and minds were compelled and led captives,
but Lulu and her tactless wit
could never fathom why grandpa ran.
Grandfather ran when liberty summoned,
and this room expresses a life
that is far too deep for her to clutch.
Scheme | XAXAXX XXX XBXCCX XXXXX BXXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 011110110 101 101010 1101 10011 111101 101101 10011110 110111101 10111100 11011 011110 01100 0111110 101 1011011 1110010101 1011100 011101 0111100 010010110 1100101 11010111 101110010 01101001 111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 6, 5, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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