Analysis of Saurian at the Golf Course, grinning
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
He comes out to a big rock.
Warming the cold bloods.
Eighteen footer.
Gator.
Scar slashes mar
The sides just
Before hind legs.
Trap? propellor?
Off to right side of
Fifteenth hole.
Ball retrievers must be careful.
Heard of three in
The last season
Getting nipped.
One badly, a Staffer.
Shoulda known better.
The bumpy bastard regarded
By me these last five years.
Right here.
Stream must have offered
Enough fish, snakes
Raccoons, skunks
Wandering dogs, ducks.
And sweet irrigation.
For the old Guy…
Out of the corner
Of his eye
Always it seems.
Giving me the hunter-look
Unless I mistook.
| Scheme | XXAAXXXAXXXXBXAAXXXXXXXBC ACXDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) Etheree (37%) |
| Metre | 1111011 10011 0110 10 1101 011 0111 11 11111 011 10101110 1110 0110 101 110010 1110 01010010 111111 11 11110 0111 011 10011 01010 1011 11010 111 111 1010101 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 593 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 18 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 25, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Written on January 28, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on January 28, 2023
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