Analysis of Rising to the Ordinary

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)



January sixteenth
My harmonica group
Meets today.
Fran on piano
To beat out our tempo.
Robert and Matthew
Show with button accordians.
The other seven of us
Harmonicas C and G.
Varying levels of skill
Perhaps Phil or Richard
Most accomplished
Or Guenther.
Phil favours Gospel and folk.
Richard, deep blues pieces.
Guenther ALWAYS Amazing Grace.
Trudy records for our benefit
New song titles to try.
A privilege for me to
Sit alongside and chug
Or single note
As sweetly as possible.
Feeling the fraternity.
Loving it.
Now why did I
Give the above title?
I done preached myself happy.


Scheme ABCDDEFFGHIJKLFFMNEOPQGMNQG
Poetic Form
Metre 10001 101001 101 11010 111101 10010 11101 0101011 1101 1001011 011110 1010 110 111001 101110 1010101 1001110100 111011 010111 101101 1101 1101100 1000100 101 1111 100110 111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 583
Words 113
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 27
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 469
Words per stanza (avg) 100

About this poem

How often do we fail to see the gold in our everyday?

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Written on January 17, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 17, 2023

Modified by dougb.72572 on January 17, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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