Analysis of Victory in the Spring
The smell of fresh cut grass
fills the Spring air
that thought is captured in your mind
as you stare at the sky while combing your hair
The crackle of the starter’s gun
commands you to rise and watch the mile run
it’s the beginning of another high school track meet
you slather atomic balm on your legs
to bring some relief of the stiffness with the heat
You psyche yourself up listening to
David Bowie’s “Young Americans” on your tape player
as you dig deep into your soul
to find that energy of a slayer
You envision a victory in the Spring
as you ponder on the relay race
for you are the 100-yard dash king
while preparing for your event you walk
back and forth on the infield in a nervous pace
You imagine a smooth handoff with the baton
speed and grace will carry you through
as you hope the next runner can push on to victory
that will produce a ribbon of blue
You step up to that white line
and kneel to rest your feet in the starting blocks
your nerves start to rattle but your focus
is on nothing but that finish line
and the time your coach clocks
The ringing of the starter’s gun does fire
and all that’s in your head are the
lyrics David Bowie will sing
you shoot out of the blocks with
an overwhelming desire
and in 10.3 seconds, you have blazed
to victory in the Spring!
Scheme | XAXA BBCXC DEXE FGFXG XDXD HIXHI EXFXEXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 1011 11110011 11110111011 01010101 0111101011 1001010101111 1100101111 111011010101 1100111001 1011010011110 11110111 1111001010 10100100001 11101011 1110111 1010110111 10110100101 10100111001 10111011 11101101111100 110101011 1111111 01111100101 1111101110 111011101 001111 01010101110 01101110 10101011 1111011 1010010 0010111 1100001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,310 |
Words | 261 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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A poem about a high school track meet and the experience.
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