Analysis of Carnival



A silk face drenched in lathered scars
Seeks refuge from a cockle barricade;
Outside of a brute cafe,
Patio tables and chairs are ascended
Into the crisp air.
Magnified umbrellas spin
Arrogant civilians around like a carousel.

Several children of toddler age
Twirl in their seats with crescent smiles,
Melting away crescendo hordes.
In a rascal park,
Old fashioned buggies cover purged sidewalks
And evasive mothers cradle
Sugar plumb limbs.


Scheme XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0111011 110101010 1110101 1010011010 01011 100101 100010011010 10101101 10111101 10010101 00101 110101011 00101010 1011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 428
Words 70
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 7
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 182
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kiki Stamatiou

Kiki Stamatiou hails from Kalamazoo, MI. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a BA degree in writing. Her book Dominica's Inferno was published under her pen name Joanna Maharis. It is available online thru www.publishamerica.com and www.barnesandnoble.com more…

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