Analysis of Last Night in Old Bangkok
Jeffrey Lynn Naylor 1954 (Orlando)
last night I walked the streets of Old Bangkok
and there did find in the crimson dark
a porcelain doll opaquely dressed
and painted in promises surreal.
she vowed to love me long-time,
when I took her to my embrace.
but when the morning dawn did come,
the white of light revealed to me
that my doll was gone to whet
the taste of other lonely souls,
of men who measure love in long-time.
my heart bruised and ego tossed,
again i wander the streets of Old Bangkok
and there I hope to find blossoming
in the cherry light a porcelain doll
painted wet in translucent promises surreal
to love me long-time. at least,
her heart does pledge, until the daylight breaks
and turns me out once more
to walk the streets of Old Bangkok.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJEKALMDNOPA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111011101 011100101 0100111 010010001 1111111 11101101 11010111 01110111 1111111 01110101 111101011 1110101 01110011101 011111100 0010101001 101001010001 1111111 011101011 011111 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 703 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 574 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 135 |
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