Analysis of Wife Sick and Tired
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
She’s sick and tired.
Lots of bunk time.
Reading.
Listening to music.
Aching shoulders, lower back.
Fibromyalgia?
Doctors say
It’s just a head game.
Nothing to prescribe.
Nothing to give
Except sneering looks.
Wife commits to rest and prayer.
Getting there.
And soon…
Beachball tossed in the Air.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLLML |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
| Metre | 11010 1111 10 100110 1010101 1 101 11011 10101 1011 01101 1011101 101 01 11001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 302 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
Based on a true life account. When hopelessness tried its best. Fibromyalgia.
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Written on February 19, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 19, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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