Analysis of Memories of mine
A blanket and an eiderdown
And some Winceyette pjs
Are the things that I remember
In those long past distant days.
A stone hot water bottle
And my Dansette plugged in the light
Was what I always remember
On a cold dark winters night.
Stockings and suspenders
Not tights to keep you warm
I bought some long legged bloomers
So I wouldn’t feel forlorn.
This was when I started work
And queued up for the bus
It always seemed much colder then
Though I didn’t make a fuss.
Four pounds ten and eleven
Was the weekly amount I earned
It was surprising what you could buy back then
and I had to save I learned.
C&A was my favourite shop
To buy the latest trend
And carwardines for coffee
With my mate my bestest friend.
Banlon tops and pleated skirts
The height of 60s fashion
and back combed hair and
Blackened eyes were certainly my passion.
Dancing round our handbags
at the Glen on an afternoon
All looking like Dusty Springfield
Our youth just starting to bloom.
Stilettos were the shoes to wear
And electric rollers for my hair
And lipstick to make my lips look white
I must have looked a scary sight.
These days are etched upon my mind
Take me back to a younger time
things were so much simpler then
Days that I remember when.
April 2023 Mary Coldrick.
Scheme | ABCB XDCD BXBA EBAB AFAF XGXG BAXA BAXX HHDD XXAA E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010011 0111 10111010 0111101 0111010 0111001 1111010 1011101 100010 111111 11111010 111101 1111101 011101 1111101 111101 1110010 10100111 11010111111 0111111 101111 110101 01110 111111 11011 011110 01110 1010100110 101101 1011101 1101101 10111011 01000111 001010111 01111111 11110101 11110111 11110101 10111001 1110101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,270 |
Words | 258 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Memories of my childhood, when I was young and free.
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