Analysis of When John Got a Job
An abrupt exhalation
of numb relief
too deep for feeling;
one knot untied
in the tangled mass
that is the pit
of my gut.
Fingers slowly
straightening--
awareness
creeping into consciousness
of a melting
moisture, subtle
color, twitch
of movement
in our frozen landscape
of too many yesterday
winters.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHCIICJKLMNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010 1101 11110 1101 00101 1101 111 1010 100 010 1001100 1010 1010 101 110 010101 111010 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 283 |
Words | 49 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 245 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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