Analysis of Lone Ranger with cap gun (in our backyard).
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
Holster way too big.
But no matter. He was the Lone Ranger.
Shiny pistol
With roll through caps, bright red.
To explode, maybe take out
An eye.
But this was 1961.
Health and Safety only
Vaguely considered by hospitals.
By Grandmothers.
And what about Lawn Darts?
Neighbourhood Dads never worried.
Moms hid in the Kitchen, baking
With crossed fingers.
Avoiding the back window
And the Lone Ranger antics.
Dads writing the screenplay
Shouting it out.
And Tonto? Keemosabe.
He was played by the
Little Jewish kid up the street.
David Wilensky.
With his tendency for
Bleeding noses.
He could die like the baddest
Thespian at Stratford.
Alas, poor yon Tonto.
His Dad. A fine divorce lawyer.
And mortgages arranged.
Bought a swimming pool
Eighteen months later.
Then Dave could do
The dying Indian, clutching the breast.
Falling off the cliff.
Into some New Mexico river.
Kersploosh.
Nice Remington rifle ruined.
By the wet.
Hiyo, Silver…away.
White horse obliges.
Tell me who was that masked man?
Would have thanked him.
Profusely.
And why the feed through red caps?
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Metre | 10111 1110110110 1010 111111 1011011 11 111 101010 10010110 110 010111 111010 11001010 1110 0100110 0011010 11001 1011 011 11110 10101101 10010 111001 1010 111101 100110 01111 11010110 010001 10101 01110 1111 0101001001 10101 01111010 1 11001010 101 11001 11010 1111111 1111 010 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,065 |
Words | 211 |
Sentences | 36 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 38, 6 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 421 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 89 |
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Written on February 05, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 05, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 05, 2023
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