Analysis of Breakfasts and Sara, You Were Beautiful
Every day I think we went to the cafe
the cafe of vapors and rhyme
and the circular truths going 'round.
Truths of every day like the sound from the
jukebox down there, our talk scratching
like an old record . . .
I spilled my confessions like coffee and
we mopped them up, the soppy glop like
a plate load of me
I'm sorry I'm sorry
An old record going 'round . . .
The smells of cinnamon and of grounds . . .
and I begin to think of you as a priest
in your absolution and your grace.
Oh, and the long hours 'round noon,
your presence like sugar
on a long-handled spoon.
Scheme | XXAXXX XXBBA XXXCXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111111001 00111001 001001101 11100110110 11110110 11101 1110101100 11110111 01111 110110 1101101 011100011 01011111101 01010011 10011011 110110 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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