Analysis of Short Epic of a Life Lived
Torn Clasic 1947 (Florida)
Sitting on the doorstep so lonely
Cigarette in hand, without a light
Wind is blowing, night is dark
Stark naked his soul
As he contemplates his life
Torn apart, open to all
And then she came.
Lit by the light she held
She lit his cigarette
And married him there
Sitting on a doorstep so lonely
| Scheme | A X X X X X X X X X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101110 01010101 1110111 11011 111011 1011011 0111 110111 11101 01011 10101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 283 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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