Analysis of The Velvet

Greg Lanier 1962 (Atlanta, GA)



I walked into a velvet yard
and spake a velvet tongue.
Then pulled across my velvet eyes
the lids of velvet young.

And then I lifted velvet hands
up to my velvet face
to feel the lines of age beyond
my tarnished, brassy face.

But where before the eyes of man
have touched the lips of God?
I pointed to the velvet shoots
who’s roots were velvet sod.

But how can I express the soul
of man who’s avant-garde?
I touched the blues.
I felt the hues.
I walked into a velvet yard.


Scheme Abxb xcxc xdxd xaeeA
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 010101 11011101 011101 01110101 111101 11011101 110101 11010111 110111 11010101 110101 11110101 111011 1101 1101 11010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 460
Words 93
Sentences 9
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted by GregLanier on May 11, 2021

Modified on April 19, 2023

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