Analysis of The Drawing Room
As a child I was free to go as I wanted, my parents and teachers stood to the side of me often watching curiously, or going about their own business. I lorded over them for their attention to what I was doing.
My hands were creating movie characters from blocks of clay and stapling together books I had illustrated by hand with writing that was darned illegible .
I sometimes ask if this same spirit of creativity is with me still. It does not come often
when I want it, and then the depressions come like betrayals of myself.
The freedom is sometimes there, but
Nothing comes to the page or drawing pad
Maybe it is same frustration I need to be reminded of.
When the home movie would go wrong
And I would hit the camera or my sister for blocking the lens.
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Characters | 763 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 67 |
Words per line (avg) | 16 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 603 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 144 |
About this poem
A poem on the issues we might encounter in the creative process.
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Written on April 18, 2022
Submitted by imccleary on April 18, 2022
Modified on March 06, 2023
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