Analysis of A quiet place
Jocelyn Woodard 2005 (Biloela)
A lonely place to lay my head.
A quiet place to call my bed.
A gentle place to fall asleep,
and sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep.
-until I’ve found-
Another face. Another smile.
Another place. Another time.
Some other acts to fill my time.
Some other thoughts to fill my mind.
Some different skin to clothe my bones-
and different bones to call my own.
A new two feet to help me stand-
and anyone’s but my own hands.
A different heart-
that beats more right.
A different brain-
that feels more sane.
| Scheme | AA BB X XC CX XX XX XX DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011111 01011111 01011101 01010101 0111 01010101 01010101 11011111 11011111 110011111 010011111 01111111 011111 01001 1111 01001 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 514 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Written on April 30, 2022
Submitted by jocelynmarywoodard on November 09, 2022
Modified on March 28, 2023
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