Analysis of I missed it, consolation I mean.
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
We met over
Sandwiches and ice water.
Did this often on Tuesdays.
He the Realtor
And I the Lawyer.
Peter.
Italian background.
Lots of funny stories
Or quips.
Wife Cathy was Food Economist
With the Province.
We had helped
Each other.
Clientele.
Referrals.
A pause came
To our lunch.
Awkward and uncommon.
Pete looked down at his sandwich
Sighed…
But I just rambled.
With trivial stuff.
He re-started his engine.
(It would be weeks before I learned
That he was being examined
For work ethics.
Also that he was in a
Cash flow nightmare.)
Deserved much better
He did.
And I was not
Immune to such difficulties.
Scheme | AAXAAAXBXXXXAXXXXCXXXXC XXXXXAXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 1000110 111011 10100 01010 10 0101 111010 11 110110100 1010 111 110 01 010 011 1101 100010 1111110 1 11110 11001 1110110 11110111 11110010 1110 1011100 111 01110 11 0111 01111000 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 23, 9 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Written on February 08, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 08, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 08, 2023
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