Analysis of Slalom with the Van
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
four days into mountain drive
from Banff
Athabasca river at low level.
no autumn reds.
maple, sumac…nada.
ridges of uplands now
bringing on yawns.
our south western ontario
just a blip for altutude.
ahead appears a mountain.
criss-cross lift
because of steepness.
one westphalia volks van
taking the ascent ever
So ponderously.
Looks like a hot wheel
miniature drawn
on a mural at the
bedroom’s end wall.
depth and focus and perspective
have all gone screwy.
bears up here?
elk?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHEIJKLMCNOEPQRST |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101101 11 1101110 1101 101010 101101 1011 101100100 10111 0101010 111 01110 110011 1000110 11 11011 1001 101010 111 10100010 11110 111 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 484 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 23 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 383 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 80 |
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Written on February 18, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 18, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 18, 2023
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