Analysis of Collateral Heart Damage
She was going to Aunt Zella’s
Mom was away at the Lawyer’s
Dad on business in South Korea.
Zella was loaded, sent a Chauffeur.
Inherited husband’s largesse.
Big name Art Dealer.
Debra had a lot to process.
On went her earphones usually.
Or some escapist Sci-Fi novel.
Liked Robert Sawyer the best.
WWW Trilogy for example.
But all around Debra
Was non-fiction, painful, angering.
Parents like the children.
Small triggers in the everyday.
Debra felt like some sort
Of Midway Prize.
Big smile, clown-like
Ribbons swirled all around.
Long heirloom dress.
And Both were out of Town.
They were the Clowns.
Nothing but frowns.
| Scheme | A A B C A C A X D X D B X X X X A X X A X A A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111 11011010 111001010 11101001 01001001 11110 1010111 11011000 1111110 1101001 11001010 110110 111010100 101010 11000101 101111 111 1111 101101 111 010111 1001 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 749 |
| Words | 161 |
| Sentences | 22 |
| Stanzas | 23 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Written on February 20, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 20, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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