Analysis of The Window

Douglas H. Mc Clintock 1934 (Sarnia, Ontario)



I look out my window everyday
And what do I see ?
Black birds and squirrels wanting to play
And on yellow flowers I see the bumble bee.

In the morning the sun shines in.
It always gives me a smile within.
A windy sun gives us shadows with a grin
If only for a short time, I thank the sun !

But green is the color that sets the stage.
Remember, when we had  lots of clover ?
All living things have  a required age
In clover to find four leaves like no other. ( 4 leaf clover was for good luck )

Maybe a Monarch butterfly or a sparrow so grey
And rain showers to set the pace.
There are many things that make my day
To make window gazing, a real place.

To see two lovers walk hand in hand
And on their face that says it all
Smiling, talking ,whispering and joking, can we understand ?
That love is never ever really dull ?

Guys and gals walking their dog on a lease for sure.
Your window will be different than mine.
But all of us window gazers can be assured.
We are blessed to see and hear a moment in time ?


Scheme ABAB CCCX DXDX AEAE FXFX XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 111110101 01111 110101011 011010110101 00100110 11110101 0101111101 11010111101 1110101101 0101111110 1101100101 010111111101101111 100110101011 01101101 111011111 111010011 111101101 01111111 10101000101101 1111010101 101101110111 1101110011 11111011101 111110101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 985
Words 201
Sentences 16
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 35

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The pleasures of looking out the window

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Submitted by Mcclintock on July 08, 2021

Modified on March 23, 2023

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