Analysis of Laura's Eyes
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
The clouds reveal healing
Bruises in the calm follow stormy skies
Purplish brown with a dull orange tint
'Round the edges of Laura's eyes
See the windows frost at the edges
Blue through the fog from the light
Lightning flashes, it's stormy in
Tonight, in Laura's eyes
The storms have passed this way before
Without pause to rationalize
Left unapologetic holes
In the walls 'round Laura's eyes
Laura lives under the weather
Lightning flashed, plaster fell
But Laura says she's getting better
Since Daddy died and went to Hell
Laura insulates pajamas
With vodka, wills the cold away
Lights flash, flicker in windows
The frost would not dare stay
In the house that Laura's daddy built
Are unapologetic holes in walls
Laura insulates pajamas
Lightning rages, plaster falls
Laura fell in love and married
Love at first familiarize
He was just like dear old daddy
In the damage in Laura's eyes
She pulls her hair back from her face
Says, "I was pretty once, a prize,"
Displays unapologetic holes
'Round the edges of Laura's eyes
Insulated wherever she goes
She wears pajamas all the time
I have never seen Laura's smile
But she seems to appreciate mine
The storms have passed this way before
Without pause to rationalize
Left unapologetic holes
In the walls 'round Lauras eyes
© John Kennan 2015
Scheme | xaxA bxxa CADa efef Bghg xiBi xaxa xadA hxxx CADa x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110 1000110101 101101101 10101101 101011010 1101101 10101100 010101 01111101 0111100 100101 0011101 10110010 101101 110111010 11010111 101010 11010101 1110010 011111 001110101 10010101 101010 1010101 10101010 111010 11111110 00100101 11011101 11110101 0100101 10101101 10001011 11010101 11101101 11110101 01111101 0111100 100101 001111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,286 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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