Analysis of Small fish small pond
It’s not london
It’s not even Manchester
There’s an airfield
But nothing ever flies round here
Crabs in a bucket
You won’t ever cut it
How much can you and your friends drink
Before you all drown in liquor and beer?
Not quite the escape you planned
Follow all the rules, stay in school
This old dog has been maimed
By the thick haunting winds
Of this small town
Your reflection trapped in the same gutter puddles
How does it feel to smile without the backdrop of crippling anxiety and struggle?
Depression could learn itself a lesson round here
High hopes from aloof folks
Aunts and Uncles think the desperation is a sick joke
If I shut my eyes forever
All hope is lost
And I’m eternally framed in this cost
Of inaction, dwindling reaction
An unremarkable part of the scenery
But not so beautiful as the greenery
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNODPQBRSATT |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 111010 111 11010111 10010 111011 11110111 0111101001 1100111 10101101 111111 101101 1111 101010011010 111111010111000100010 010110101011 111011 1010100101011 11111010 1111 0101001011 1010100010 100100110100 11110010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 835 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 656 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 148 |
About this poem
A verse as humble in is mechanism as it is in its framing, a raw and honest depiction of a small town.
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Written on November 03, 2022
Submitted by tommallenn3 on November 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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