Analysis of A Lonely Poet- A Cento

Larry Wells Jr 2003 (Nevada)

I dwell in a lonely house I know (Frost)
I am a poet and writer (Sehgal)
Speaking with no voice (Poet)
The world forgetting, by the world forgot (Harpur)

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Scheme XXXX X A A X
Poetic Form
Metre 1100101111 110100101 1011110 01010101011 1111111111011 010111111111001011 11111111111101111 10011111111101001
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 632
Words 101
Sentences 35
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 56
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 16

About this poem

A cento is a patchwork poem pieced together from the words of other poets. This poem was Larry's way to pay homage to those who came before him and those who inspired him.

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Written on December 11, 2021

Submitted by larrywellsjr03 on December 12, 2021

Modified on April 04, 2023

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