Analysis of Anita

Dr. T. Pinnock 1962 (Hartford, Ct)

Lovely through the wind.
She lays on top of the sky.
Bringing all she can,
into her heart.
She loves the air,
she spreads her wings in the air,
shall she die?

By: Theodore Arthur Pinnock
“Summer of 74”
11 years old

Scheme XAXXBBA XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 10101 1111101 10111 0101 1101 1101001 111 1101010 101 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 212
Words 42
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 3
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted by dr_pinnock on July 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dr. T. Pinnock

Dr. Pinnock first wrote poetry in the institution he resided in inside a classroom at 8 years old. The typewriter was old and manual with a keyguard. A keyguard is a device with an opening for each key to prevent a person lacking fine motor skills from accidentally hitting a key. Dr. Pinnock was granted permission to use the class alone. He labored there typing for hours ignoring his cerebral palsy. Dr. Pinnock grew up with his family until August of 1970. Poverty forced his parents to make him a ward of the State of Connecticut. more…

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