Analysis of Pillows
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
Hyenas always make me laugh
They'd rather I not make them beg
Excuses, three for a quarter
Can you spare an arm and a leg?
It's a hard life out here scuffling
Through rain and sleet, wind, and mud
With the rising cost of prophylactics
Couldja throw in a quart of blood?
Heroic rescues are pillows
Where I rest my ego at night
I leave a note by the coffee pot
"Remember to feed the parasite"
These poor dear sharks are endangered
Am I the only one who sees?
A pound of flesh, maybe a child
Is any sacrifice too steep?
Nobody seems to understand
It's harmless, that razor white grin
They can sense blood in the water
Excuses, three for a fin
Heroic rescues are pillows
Where I rest my ego at night
I leave a note by the coffee pot
"Remember to feed the parasite"
Everyone says he's ferocious
None understand him like I do
They just want a set of baggage
A hat, or a fine pair of shoes
But my heart just melts for my crocodile
Weathered leathery by the years
So I keep a fluffy beach towel handy
To wipe away all of his tears
The poor dear
Heroic rescues are pillows
Where I rest my ego at night
I leave a note by the coffee pot
"Remember to feed the parasite"
© John Kennan 4-15-14
Scheme | xaba xcdc DEFE xdxx xgbg DEFE dxxd xdxdx DEFE x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101111 11011111 01011010 11111001 101111100 1101101 1010111 1100111 0101110 11111011 110110101 01011010 11111010 11010111 01111001 1101011 11101 11011011 11110010 0101101 0101110 11111011 110110101 01011010 1011010 1011111 11101110 01101111 111111110 10100101 11101011010 11011111 011 0101110 11111011 110110101 01011010 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,199 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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