Analysis of A novel idea in the 60’s…to the present



A novel idea in the 60’s…to the present
Take away was a math problem
For most of us a term often used,
Back in the day this term was new.
Subtraction in math a means to reduce,
Taking away had nothing to lose.

A means to transport food from a store,
Packages now used are cheap to afford.
From pizza, to salads, sushi to soup,
These containers are preferred and abused.

Pizza was something to do with leaning tower
The leaning tower of Pisa the tower stands,
The way in which its viewed confusion demands.
For hundreds of years the tower was viewed,
Thousands still visited a marvel it drew.

The tower of pizza the dough never used,
The slope to the tower all were confused.
No oven to cook no toppings were made,
Still its slopped the young remain dazed.

Rice eaten as pudding
A dessert a treat made with rice,
A creative way to promote & entice.
Rice, milk, eggs, sugar & cream,
Bring to a boil let cool what a dream.

White or brown something in between,
A sidekick for meat, fish is what it’s seems,
The white texture just boils up.
A pot of water a side dish …right?

Curry was a surname not a spice
What’s in a name Curry just the same,
A surname is all that was used.
A name purposed only for those,
Unique, special understood I suppose.

A robust flavour, created & savoured,
A spice added to sweeten the pot.
An Indian spice created and delight,
Its fragrance confused most will not.

Calamari was a fish used as bait
White long and found in the sea,
Used as bait as fishermen will agree.
Italian for squid calamari is derived,
Catch coalfish, dogfish & bass soon realized.

Its long and skinny the slippery type,
Tasty when cooked, fried just right.
Appetizer or main course a feast for the eyes,
Don’t knock it until you have tried.

The tv was b/w with no remote
Big box in the corner with legs attached,
Getting up to change it with dial attached.
To change the channel a daunting task,
Black & white rabbit ears in the back.

Screen so thin it hangs on the wall,
Thousands of channels remembering them all.
Wireless remote with batteries within,
Losing the remote your done in.

Cooking outside was called camping  
Going up north an adventure to drive,
The great outdoors & cooking outside.
Pitching a tent, a Coleman stove set,
Cooking in the outdoor camping the best.

Set a fire in the oven to bake,
Pizza is made mosquitoes for sake,
Back of the house open the door,
Convenience of home what’s camping for.

We never had elbows or phones at the table
The table is set all gather here,
The family together we pray here.
Dinner at 6 is set in stone,
No elbows at the table sets the tone.

Whether its five six or seven no one’s home,
No one eats together we all eat alone.
Elbows on the table etiquette is gone,
Phones at the table silence now belongs.

A cassette tape and a pencil to rewind

The way of music a cassette was created,
To store our music this was debated.
Device to record catching the tape again,
Pencil to the rescue spooling rewinding in vain.

iTunes, mp3, digital recording alike,
Small efficient oh such a delight.
Thousands of songs efficient too,
Too young to remember an insignificant brute.

A glimpse of the age’s changes in store,
Remembering our past in photographs & more.
Technology through the years how each view,
Explaining how it worked this poem proved.


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Poetic Form
Metre 0100100011010 10110110 111101101 10011111 0100101101 100111011 011011101 1001111101 1101101011 1010101001 101101111010 010101100101 01011101001 1101101011 10110001011 01011001101 0110101001 1101111001 11101011 110110 00101111 0010110101 111101 110111101 11110001 011111111 0110111 011100111 10101101 000110101 0111111 0111011 011001101 00110101 011011001 11001010001 11001111 0010101111 1101001 1111100101 010110010101 1111110 1101001001 1011111 10011101101 11101111 011111001101 1100101101 10111111001 110100101 11101001 11111101 10110010011 1001110001 10001110 10111110 1011101011 01111011 100101011 100011001 1010001011 101101011 11011001 010110101 11011111010 010111101 0100010111 1011101 111010101 10111110111 11101011101 1101010011 1101010101 00110010110 011100011010 11101011010 01101100101 1010101101 1110001001 101011001 10110101 111010101001 0110101001 01001010101 0100101111 0101111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 3,354
Words 720
Sentences 37
Stanzas 20
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 86
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 30

About this poem

looking at common items in the 60's, relooking them now in 2022

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Written on June 06, 2022

Submitted by silverbb53 on June 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Chris Goddard

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