Analysis of mounted the lighthouse metal

Robert Graham 1946 (Glasgow)



mounted the lighthouse metal
          spiral clanging
up to sensual silence & a long sea view
(dropped the teasing underthings)
          hanging
flags of mute surrender as we drew

the heat bits nearer, rode a rising tide,
splayed a risen leg, a grasping hand
          guided, guided, locked in sea slug slide
(the light rotated once came back to stand)

where open mouths breathed hot staccato sighs
(two rush-thudding hearts and gasping wheeze)
& all the ships that strayed too close to shore
blasted horns in dinning feral roar
at heads thrown back,
          a buckling of the knees,

& giant Neptune rose, looked into our eyes


Scheme XABCAB DEDE CCFFXC C
Poetic Form
Metre 100110 1010 11100100111 10101 10 111010111 0111010101 101010101 101010111 011011111 110111011 11110101 101111111 101010101 1111 010101 10101101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 634
Words 109
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 6, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on April 16, 2023

Submitted by robertg.73901 on May 04, 2023

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Robert Graham

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