Analysis of Just Waiting For The Check, II
No matter how I look around
It seems the waitress can't be found
From the decor, it should be clear
it's not its charm that keeps me here
The meal is done. It wasn't great.
There's still a crime scene on my plate.
I flag a different gal this time
She says, "That station isn't mine."
The radio is stuck between
the nursery rhyme and the obscene
Not that I've somewhere to be,
I'd cut the culprit at the knee
for trapping me within this hive
where flinching is to be alive.
The dishes crash somewhere in back.
These strangers' eyes are an attack.
I try the busboy, wave my hand,
speak slowly so they understand.
I am still Crusoe, freshly wrecked
and I'm still waiting for the check.
Scheme | A A X X B B X X C C D D E E F F G G X X |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101 11010111 10011111 11111111 01111101 11011111 110100111 11110101 0101101 010010001 111111 11010101 11010111 11011101 0101101 11011101 1101111 1101101 11110101 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 663 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on October 22, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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