Analysis of I confess, I’m stymied.



Each morning they
troop out their doors
Attentions bent to internet.
The little screen
Has grabbed their face
And pulled them from
A better place.

The grand outdoors
The brand new sun.
And robin song.
The little children
To their schools.
The dog walkers
With brisk a pace
But no, the little
Tap screen rules.

Once time held place
For pleasant talk
For greetings as the
Day was birthed.
But now a mesmeric
That traps.
This stumbling met
Around the Earth.


Scheme XABXCXC ADEDFXCXF CXXBEXBX
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 1111 0101110 0101 1111 0111 0101 0111 0111 0101 01010 111 0110 1101 11010 111 1111 1101 11010 111 1101 11 11001 0101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 456
Words 91
Sentences 9
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 9, 8
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on May 05, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 05, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on May 05, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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