Analysis of Cheesed off.



I am a cheeseaholic
Who has just arrived in Prague
Where they don’t have any  Stilton
And they’ve never heard  of Yarg,

I’ve been up to the Castle
And I’ve seen the old Town Square
But I can’t locate
A decent bit of Cheddar anywhere.

The Orlog was terrific
And I watched it strike at noon
But when I asked for Wensleydale
They thought I was a loon.

I’ve seen the Jewish Quarter
And I’ve crossed the great Charles Bridge
But no-one had a chunk
Of Gorgonzola in the fridge.

They have a long, green roll of cheese
That looks just like a cuke
But the flavour was disgusting
And it smells like baby’s puke.

I’ve just walked from the Powder Tower
And I’m almost on my knees
So if you would revive me
For god’s sake find some cheese.

Alan Parry-Booth         20.07.13


Scheme AABA CDXD ABCB EFAF GAAA EGXG X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101 1110101 1111101 0110111 1111010 0110111 1111 010111010 011010 0111111 111111 111101 1101010 0110111 111101 11001 11011111 111101 1011010 011111 111101010 011111 1111011 111111 10101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 773
Words 147
Sentences 8
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on November 29, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Alan Parry-Booth

Born in the valleys of Wales in 1931..His first poem was published when he was only seven years old..Bard to WELSH GUARDS RE-UNITED.and a regular contributor to several other organizations..Alan has written many hundreds of poems during his long life. J.H. 2015 more…

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