Analysis of Roger Hodgson



That white suit
And Medieval hair
Puckish musician and host.
Very large  auditorium
With dazzling lights
On cue.
Starts out bold keyboard.
Agile bending harmonica.
Rooster clucking organ
And keyboard man smiling delights.
Lead guitar guiding melody,
Bassist just plain there.
Soprano sax reiterates.
Take the long way home.
Take the long way home.
And fans facing
Singing every word.
Most of them standing.
Really, quite the event.


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Poetic Form
Metre 111 00101 1001001 1010100 11001 11 1111 10100100 101010 0111001 10110100 10111 0101010 10111 10111 0110 101001 11110 101001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 432
Words 80
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 349
Words per stanza (avg) 69

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Well remembered musical group Supertramp.

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Written on January 09, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 09, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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