Analysis of Beguiling Verse
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Have you harboured
A thought and
Couldn’t shake it?
An issue or scene
Or heartfelt child’s dream
A nature’s pause
Seeming you so fit?
That’s poesie due
To the Race
You’ve been through.
So dance with some words
Like lyrical birds
Never fake it.
You birth your own style
To make others smile
Believe and receive
And beguile.
Read Rosetti or Wordsworth
Or Poe.
They had to start
Once you know
| Scheme | AAABCDAAEFGGAHHIHJKAK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 010 111 11011 1111 0101 10111 111 101 111 11111 11001 1011 11111 11101 01001 001 1010110 11 1111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 400 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 308 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 71 |
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Written on December 15, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 15, 2022
Modified by dougb.72572 on December 15, 2022
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