Analysis of A Napkin at a Bar
Neil Dave 1993
Sitting here
Still, damp
A circular weight across my chest
Only flitting at the passing winds of commotion
Ready to be pulled out from under it all
Poised, waiting
To be pressed against your lips
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 11 010010111 1010101011010 10111111011 110 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 195 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
About this poem
Inspired by a napkin underneath my whiskey, neat, and the dire need for a date at a bar called Saloon
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