Analysis of Old Fashioned Fantasy
Sauntering into the pub from out of the fog
the varnished wood paneling on the walls
reflecting the amber light from the Edison bulbs
in their 1930’s era fixtures hanging overhead
the air perfumed with the familiar scent
of leather, lemon, and lavender
I see you sitting alone at the bar
your hair glinting gold with the slightest hint of red
You greet me as I seat myself on the stool at your side
The bartender places an Old Fashioned in front of me
identical to your own but for an extra orange slice
as he knows by now that’s the way I like it
I take a sip as you compliment my dress
before inquiring as to how I’ve been
I tell you nothing’s changed since last we met
or I wouldn’t be here before I notice your glass
is nearly empty and I order you another
I drop the cherry from mine into it as Al Bowlly croons
about a ring around the moon from a gramophone
I can't help but recall how he died in the Blitz
and was buried in a mass grave as if
he had been no one of any consequence
You turn your head to look at me with your
soulful azure eyes as I light a cigarette to ask
once again why I insist on killing myself
I answer you as I have a hundred times
I’m already dying as even you will someday
so what does it matter
All of this is just an absurd fantasy anyway
The real you doesn’t know me
to give a damn what I do
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Metre | 1010111101 0101100101 0100101101001 011101010101 0101100101 110100100 1111001101 111011010111 1111111101111 0101011100111 010011111110101 11111101111 11011110011 01010011111 1111011111 111110111011 1101001101010 11010110111111 01010101101 11111111001 0110001111 11111110100 1111111111 1010111100111 10111011101 11011110101 101010110111 111110 1111110110010 011111 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,353 |
Words | 282 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 31 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,047 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 269 |
About this poem
Loneliness can lead people to create fantasy scenarios which can be quite detailed that they revisit often as an escape. Most everyone has at one time or another fantasized about having a relationship, romantic or platonic, with someone, famous or not, that they don't know.
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