Analysis of requiem for ann darrow
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
bevy of bedazzling
beauties
genuflect as kong
and fay duet
sittin on top of the
world while al
jolson is burned in
effigy musta been late
summer cuz it
was just before the
fall but berlin never
actually fell it merely shape-
shifted relocated to
topeka
seen one nebraska ya
seen em all
streets don't smell the
same since kong
fell but ya get used
to it after a while
at least the white
chick was unharmed
praise be usaf
cornfield
clinic patient in
topeka nebraska mizzou
withdraw body
clench nurse ratched
busts in thru a
teleportal we cannot
allow pain
management here we
are in the healthcare
biz cannot will not have
orderlies threatened nobody
was threatened sez
med transpo servile i
didn't ask your
opinion sez nurse
ratched what i have
is not opinion sez med
servile guy what i
have is eyewitness
account what YOU have
is opinion cuz YOU did
not see what happened
here did YOU?
eyes of ratched shift
cinemagraphically to
cobra insurance plan
diagnoses patient as
combative orders
restraints take the
driver too let them
drool onto their crossword
puzzles let them slobber
into their cherry flavored
sugar free gelatin cup
let them snort
nutrasweet
summon dr moreau
summon dr mengele
summon dr frankenstein
nurse ratched exits the
portal triumphant with
fife and drum
corps in her
combat boots having
struck another victory
for science
keeping the world
safe from health
that's my story an
i'm stickin to
it sorry i didn't mean to
drool on ya
like that
© John Kennan 3-30-21
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Metre | 1011 10 111 0101 11110 111 10110 100111 1011 11010 110110 10011101 1001001 010 110101 111 1110 111 11111 111001 1101 1101 111 1 10100 0100101 0110 111 1010 1110 011 10011 1001 110111 1101 1101 11101 1011 01011 1111 1101011 10111 11110 01111 1010111 11110 111 1111 11 100101 010101 01010 0110 10111 11011 101110 0111010 1011001 111 10 10101 101100 10110 11100 100101 101 100 10110 1010100 110 1001 111 11101 111 11011011 111 11 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,416 |
Words | 260 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 7, 54, 1 |
Lines Amount | 78 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 303 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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