Analysis of Sweet Pacific Dream
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Last night’s roaring wind
Expended.
And I awake
Late at eight.
Covers kicked off
But not chilled.
Rather thrilled by a
Dream fleeing.
As if almost never there.
My orange-hued Room.
Holds me like a womb.
Dream of a tropical place.
Sand, palms, coconuts.
And out of the surf
Green sea turtles.
Numbers of them.
Approaching with smiles
Guileless, approving.
Leathery backsides.
Wet and sparkling.
Nothing to hide
Warm and welcoming.
Coming close.
Unlike many people.
(Their expectations,
Pushy, dispassionate
Agendas led to many a
Troubled sleep.)
But not the turtles
Or the un-named beach.
The lone Crusoe experience.
Winter February, notwithstanding.
Time to rise. Refreshed.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 010 0101 111 1011 111 10110 110 111101 11011 11101 1101001 1110 01101 1110 1011 01011 10010 1001 1010 1011 10100 101 011010 1010 100100 01011100 101 11010 10111 01100100 10100010 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 31, 2 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Written on February 03, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on February 03, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on February 03, 2023
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