Analysis of Mary Shelley authored a book.

Doug Blair 1951 (London)



She partnered wrong
Swept off her feet
By a Romantic
Who treated beautiful images
Cheaply, leeringly.
But spoke all the contrived
Words to win a woman’s heart
And then others. Percy did.
He couldn’t handle money
Couldn’t handle decency.
Looked at history only as
A naysayer (Ozymandias).
Irreverent.
Even about the essence of Life.
Took Mary to a number
Of symposiums
Featuring supposed doctors/quacks.
Who toyed with electricity
Cold mortal flesh unsettled
And a jerking leg or eyelid.
Mary wrote the Book.
Created the confused Monster
In the imaginations of myriads.
Contributed to grievous
Mistakes about Man replacing God.
Boris Karloff got a career.
Troubling people’s sleep.
Making for distrust of very tall men.


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Poetic Form
Metre 111 1101 10010 110100100 101 111001 111011 0110101 111010 110100 11100101 0101 0100 100101011 1101010 10100 10001101 1110100 1101010 0010111 10101 01000110 00001011 0100110 010110101 1011001 100101 1010111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 727
Words 128
Sentences 15
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 582
Words per stanza (avg) 114

About this poem

Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. 1797 to 1851. https://www.poetry.com/poem/29032/alas%21-this-is-not-what-i-thought-life-was

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Written on February 13, 2023

Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 13, 2023

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Doug Blair

Doug was once a lawyer. Frustrated. Went broke 1987. Turned to manufacturing. People talked straight. Worked hard. Listened when appropriate. Lead Hand Shipper and Workplace Safety. Married to Hilary 1974. Two kids Lauren and Jordan. Poet. Photographer. Hiker-photographer. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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