Analysis of Seven Men prt1

Michael Heron 1968 (Texas)



I saw seven men with seven wives
ate a a table, talk of their lives
seven days of treasure
seven weeks of pleasure
seven months of gold
seven years unfold
seven wives tried their best
seven children wept at their breast
seven swords rise as one
seven wives cry at what was done
seven children weep no more
seven heads hit the floor
seven men drink their fill
seven wives stare blankly at the kill
And when there was no more gin
seven men shook hands and turned in


Scheme ABCCDDEEFFGGHHII
Poetic Form
Metre 111011101 100101111 101110 101110 10111 10101 101111 10101111 101111 10111111 1010111 101101 101111 101110101 0111111 10111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 463
Words 89
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 374
Words per stanza (avg) 89

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A dream that I once had

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Written on October 18, 1992

Submitted by black_h on November 27, 2022

Modified on April 24, 2023

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