Analysis of THE MAN WITH THE ONE SIDED COIN
Audrey Richards 1955 (Los Angeles)
I heard the sound of machinery
that brings him near my door
my heart is pounding my body trembling
over this impossible situation that I abhore
there's a hole in the roof
a hot water heater he refuses to let us install
it's his kingdom, after all and we are goofs
but he moans and complains
a mouth as big as a vault, everything remains our fault
our pain we adjoin
living with the man who holds the one - sided coin
| Scheme | ABCADEFGHII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110100 111111 11110110100 1010100010111 101001 011010101011101 11101010111 111001 01111011001101 101101 101011101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 421 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 330 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
About this poem
this poem is about the cruelty perpetrated by a cruel and irrational man upon people he seemingly thinks he has control over.
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Written on November 23, 2021
Submitted by GypsyGreenEyes48 on November 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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