Analysis of Composing It
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
It starts out empty spaces
But I’m awake, alert.
Expecting inspiration
To bring on hope or hurt.
To show a hero coming through
Or social norm gone bad.
To try to recreate the
Greatest thrill I’ve ever had.
To show a people unlike ours
Or countryside pristine.
To listen to a singing lark
Or crackling ice at even.
All this and somewhat more
Becomes the searching Poet’s task.
But first the call of empty page
The choice, the Lord to ask.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIJKLML |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010 110101 010010 111111 11010101 110111 111100 1011101 110100110 11010 11010101 1101110 110111 01010101 11011101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 444 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 344 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 81 |
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Written on January 16, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 16, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 16, 2023
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