Analysis of Gentle Reader . . .
Gentle reader, perhaps you've some time for a rhyme,
Sitting down in your chair, feeling loose and relaxed?
Why not linger right there for some rhymes of our time?
Have no fear that your brain will be heavily taxed.
Motley verses are ordered without any plan --
It's my adage for life to mix whimsy with grit.
So, on one page, there's nonsense of which I'm a fan,
On the next, crusty thoughts from old age I submit.
In this text, I present silly stuff and satire.
Alongside, I acknowledge meek Nature's broad drifts
That sustain and enrich, though our minds scarce enquire
What these are, or the worth to us all of those gifts.
I write also of war to remember the bold.
Likewise, illness and God prompt poems to type.
I have learned that the simplest of ways are the gold
We should find while we're young to enjoy when we're ripe.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 101001111101 101011101001 1110111111101 111111111001 101011001101 111011111011 111111011101 101101111101 011110101010 011101011011 10100111011010 111101111111 111011101001 1100111011 111101011101 111111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 831 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 323 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 77 |
About this poem
This is part of the preface to my collection of 32 poems, 'Rhymes of Our Times', available on Amazon, Kindle and elsewhere
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Written on December 20, 2021
Submitted by johnc.22519 on February 11, 2022
Modified on March 22, 2023
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