Analysis of He's Here Tonight
arrive at the old Victorian on Park Place
it's winter black, and crunchy snow cloaks the ground
in the moonlight, the snow vibrates blue
grandmother and grandfather walk ahead, knock on the door
nana (great grandmother) unlatches the deadbolt, hoarse voice:
quickly, don’t let the ghosts in, she winks
a Gothic fireplace flickers, popping sounds of wet logs
hissing like a pit of cobras
the mahogany dining table rests upon lion's feet carved by hand
set for tea and gin rummy
the chandelier twinkles orange and blue
drag the tweed suitcase up the long staircase
to what was Uncle David's bedroom, hoist the suitcase
onto the bed and turn around to open the closet
a springy sound behind my back, what's this?
the suitcase bounces on the bed as if on a trampoline
Note to self: do not reveal to grandparents
but I did interrupt the card game to convey the event
and when I left the room, I sneaked back to the doorway
with big ears...
grandmother to nana: mother, he's here tonight
Scheme | AX BXXX XXXXB AAXX X XXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010100111 11010101101 00101101 100101011101 1011010111 101101011 0101010101111 10101110 001001010101101111 1110110 0001101001 10111011 11110101101 10010101110010 011011111 0110101111001 1111101110 11101011101001 011101111101 111 10110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 970 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 5, 4, 1, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted by MichaelEugeneCantrall on May 11, 2021
Modified by MichaelEugeneCantrall on May 11, 2021
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