Analysis of Twenty Dollar Words (poems)

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)



I think we aim too high
With the words we use so much
They’re high falootin, haughty
And they miss the simple touch.
The touch that hears some children laugh
That sees the ice-capped lake.
That walks the dog with sleepy eyes
Or pin-points lust’s mistakes.
I used them too, could not see through
The bull’s eye toss , a child
Would score.
So clear, God near.
So needful, less is more.


Scheme ABCBDEFGHIJKJ
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1011111 11110 0110101 01111101 110111 11011101 111101 11111111 011101 11 1111 110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 389
Words 76
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 296
Words per stanza (avg) 72

About this poem

Poets strain so hard for the vocabulary that occupies the high plateau. Sigh.

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Written on January 23, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 23, 2023

Modified by dougb.72572 on January 23, 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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