Analysis of Coffee with Pops
you're old enough to be
my papa's son
over that monday morning
cup of coffee, cups of coffee
you call him "Pops"
this hulk, this bear of a man
after 25 years of holding the fort
through lipgloss and ballet recitals
and showtunes and all-encompassing PMS
with all of its moon-doting,
x-chromosome flouting paraphenalia...
after 25 years with only the cat
(who,to add insult to injury,we "sterilized"
anyway) I think he takes no small enjoyment
from the every now and then
quick y-chromosome fix
that gives a little balance
those helter-skelter monday mornings
like a good cup of coffee
jamaican roast blend, i think...
Scheme | ABCADEFGDCHIJKLMNOAP |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 110111 111 1011010 11101110 1111 1111101 10111001 11001010 010101001 1111110 110101 10111001 11011110 10111111010 10100101 11101 1101010 110101010 1011110 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 489 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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