Analysis of The Poetry Contest
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Did they do it at random?
A coin toss?
Did they point to
A district or sex.
Were they after
The rhyming
Or free verse.
Showing life as
Some songs
Or some wrecks.
We can all write
As poets, our pleasure.
Form be damned
If we wish.
We’re the Boss
But we must deduce
Judges’ sweet pleasure.
If we wish to score
More than a loss.
Written at one thirty AM on a Tuesday.
| Scheme | XAXBCXXXXBXCXXXXCXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 1111110 011 1111 01011 0110 010 111 1011 11 111 1111 1101010 111 111 001 11101 10110 11111 1101 10111011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Written on January 10, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 10, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 10, 2023
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