Analysis of woman on the street

Charles Bukowski 1920 (Andernach) – 1994 (San Pedro)



her shoes themselves
would light my room
like many candles.

she walks like all things
shining on glass,
like all things
that make a difference.

she walks away.


Scheme XXX AXAX X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 1111 11010 11111 1011 111 110100 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 152
Words 28
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Charles Bukowski

Henry Charles Bukowski August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and beautiful economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.[4] His work addresses the ordinary lives of rich Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. more…

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