Analysis of The Talk Of The Town
Here's the kid that took a shit in the urinel
they picked on him and threw his books down in the hallway
used to eat from the empty tray lunches
gave him rides home from school
kids told me I wasn't cool
yet who are they anyway
folks said he went off in the Army
many years would pass having every reason to grasp
where has he been
then I was a security guard
in a mentally insane facility
I heard his name over the loud speaker
now he was locked up for all eternity
the great Jimmy Foley
the talk of the town
a challenge to be free is a question of time
Scheme | ABCAABDEFGDHDAIJ |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101001 111101111001 1111010110 111111 1111101 111110 111110010 10111101001011 1111 111001001 00100010100 1111100110 11111110100 011010 01101 010111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 549 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 445 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The Talk Of The Town" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 30 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/46250/the-talk-of-the-town>.
Discuss this Mario William Vitale poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In