Analysis of Peter Pan's Last Play



Each boy was lost,
But together found
A joy in playing
That had no bounds.

At the center,
The boy who ran...
He who inspired
Peter Pan.

They bounded
They thrust
Exploring
In trust.

Hands and mouths,
Bodies entwined,
Juices exploding,
That's what they'd find.

Tootles and Slightly,
Nibs and the Twins,
Curly and Peter,
All closer than kin.

Peter knew how to fly,
But never to swim.
But Tootles in love
Did convince him.

They left behind clothes
And the sleeping boys,
As Tootles enticed him
Acting so coy.

They crept to the pond
Clad only in skin.
Where Tootles convinced him
To jump on in.

They kissed and touched
In ways vicars called sin.
Those liars had bedded
Their fair share of men.

Excited, enticed
At this illicit adventure,
Peter waded in
Going further and further

Tootles soon followed,
His mouth and his member.
One dry despite water,
One hard wanting render.

Peter soon gave him
Pleasures he'd dreamed
In water and splashing
Holding back joyous screams.

But careless abandon,
Though wondrous to feel,
Can soon lead to ruin.
Beware such zeal.

For Peter did panic
In waters so deep
His head filling with water
Tootles unaware half asleep.

And so one was lost
And the other dismayed.
Holding his lost love,
The Lost Boy was not brave.

And so they did lie,
Both lost to the sea.
Peter the Captain
And Tootles his Smee.


Scheme AXBX CDXD XEBE XFBF GXCH IJKJ XXJX XHJH XHXX XCHC XCCC JXBX LMLM XNCN AXKX IGLG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (56%)
Metre 1111 10101 01010 1111 1010 0111 11010 101 110 11 010 01 101 1001 10010 1111 1010 1001 10010 11011 101111 11011 1101 1011 11011 00101 11011 1011 11101 11001 11011 1110 1101 011011 110110 11111 01001 11010010 10100 1010010 1110 110110 110110 111010 10111 1011 010010 101101 110010 11011 111110 0111 110110 01011 1110110 101101 01111 001001 10111 011111 01111 11101 10010 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,345
Words 294
Sentences 23
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 64
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 15

About this poem

Inspired by a friend's challenge to write an erotic interpretation of the story of the death of Michael Llewellyn Davies, who was part of the inspiration for Peter Pan, with his presumed lover, Rupert Buxton.

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Written on November 19, 2022

Submitted by JaredKairel on November 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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