Analysis of Little Diva Wannabees
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
The color coordination
No mere coincidence
Wilson is the kind of fella
With magnificence in fashion sense
The fuchsia pin-striped jacket
Lavender boa, loosely wrapped
Matching violin case handbag
Purple plume in a scarlet hat
Porters carry all his baggage
Where and when he comes and goes
And tingle at the jingle
Of the bells upon his toes
The Belles of the Balls step lightly
Pirhouetting on the stage
The predators all saying grace
For the feast inside the cage
No discretion in their valor
Their cowardice must be discreet
All the little diva wannabees
Fawn at Wilson's feet
The Cherry Blossom Mafioso
Dines on meatballs with little dons
Moonlight tempting on the water
Hoses hissing on the lawns
With Loofah, his pet Shi Tzu,
He shares a sponge bath every dawn
And spoons with Oscar Mayer,
His pet dachshund when the day is gone
No discretion in their valor
Their cowardice must be discreet
All the little diva wannabees
Fawn at Wilson's feet
The tragic troupe of groupies falling
Is the failing of the stars
They can never be like Wilson
They must be who they are
© John Kennan 12-15-18
Scheme | abxxxxxx xcxcxdxd EFGF bxexbheh EFGF xxax a |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100010 110100 10101110 110101 011110 10010101 1000111 10100101 10101110 1011101 0101010 1010111 01101110 1101 01001101 1010101 10100110 11001101 10101010 11101 010101 1111101 1101010 1010101 111111 110111001 0111010 11110111 10100110 11001101 10101010 11101 010111010 1010101 11101110 111111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,080 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 4, 8, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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