Analysis of Tuba
Paul Marauder 1962 (Belfast)
Driving across Airline highway
on our way to Baton Rouge.
Tuba all polished and shining
is riding shotgun with me.
To pass the time I sing sea shanties
like “down down where the dead men
go” and “Haul away Joe” .
While Tuba sits quietly waiting for
her moment.
She’ll have her day Tomorrow for
sure. Because tomorrow is Fat Tuesday
and the Mardi Gras carnival will be in
full swing.
Me and Tuba will lead the carnival
through the boulevards, streets
and avenues of Baton Rouge.
Blasting out: “when the saints go
marching in” to the crowds singing
and dancing along the way.
Afterwards we’ll feast on Jambalaya
& Crawfish washed down with gallons
of Rum punches & bloody Mary’s.
Then we’ll round of the night in The Smiling
Dog.
Later on I’ll probably be found in the early hours of the morning leaning against some
shop doorway; knees knocked;
head on chest; hair floating in the
night breeze with Tuba held tightly to my chest
Scheme | ABCDEXFGX GDXC XXBFCA XXECX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111 11011011 10110010 110111 110111110 1111011 101011 1101100101 010 1101011 101011110 00101100110 11 1010110100 10101 0101011 1011011 10010110 0100101 1001111 111110 1110101 1111010010 1 101110011001010101010011 1111 11111000 11110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 979 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 4, 6, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
About the mardi gras
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