Analysis of Eventual Connections
Kids at play, teeter-tottering,
Writing in the sand,
Playing baseball, hide and seek,
Games of every kind!
Soon they talk; still chat and play,
But odd long walks and sunset lingerings,
Late arrivals, dinner skipped,
Telephone homework at midnight!
Movies will soon enter the fray,
Dimples deep as puddles,
Popcorn, cookies, hot chocolates,
Add a little late night ride, chips and cake!
Coffee?
Off in different directions,
Our thoughts will often turn
To days and years and times gone by
Catalogued by scents!
I think of you at coffee,
Remembrances of your perfume invades,
You are not here yet popcorn, chips, and cakes
Are all consistent reminders.
My nine-year-old writes in the sand,
I sit and reminisce,
A child with flowing hair appears,
Dimples deep as puddles!
The swing chains clink beside me,
The scent of your perfume invades.
You’re here? . . .
c. Poetic Universalisms II by Lena Smith Carter, 2006.
Scheme | xaxx bcxx bCcxd cxxc dccc accC dcx x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110100 10001 1011101 111001 1111101 1111011 1010101 10111 10111001 101110 110110 1010111101 10 10100010 1011101 11010111 1011 1111110 0100110101 111111101 11010010 11111001 11001 01110101 101110 0111011 01110101 11 101011110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 886 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
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