Analysis of Lois
James Corsale 1965 (Pittsburgh)
“How sweet it would be
To be a Martin with thee
Our flight would be true
‘Cross the Gulf so blue
And we perch on a branch
In a jungle or a ranch
I tweet to you
You chirp back coo coo
Until we return North
Creating a brood
Our flight over reservoirs
To catch our food
And return over and over
Brood after brood
My dowery to you
Alas, only my truest Love”
Scheme | AA BB CC BB XDXD XDBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 1101011 101111 10111 011101 0010101 1111 11111 011011 01001 1011010 11101 00110010 1101 1111 01101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 364 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
About this poem
From a daydream, this poem is like a vision of a further life beyond death with my best friend.
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