Analysis of Her Dancing on leaves* (sasenarine persaud)
Imagine winter, lecture hall, Boston.
Male gazing at female.
Closely desked.
Moving away from old chestnuts
Like John Donne.
Considering rather a wife
In primordial lands.
Baby strapped on.
Bringing provision to
Sturdy lumberman Husband
At his Camp of weeks.
Barefooted in the deadfall, twigs
Off casts of green.
Male and female caught up
In the dampness, bumps and grinds
Tropical heat
Of faithful, voluptuous Union.
Of separation, reunion.
Will there be a chat. For the two?
Following dismissal; a dating?
In the freshness of
Wintry Boston, Mass.
The snowy dampness and chill.
(The travellers gone before.)
She leaves for holiday break in Rome.
He sighs. For the time being.
(Professor Schomburgh packs briefcase.)
From a review
Scheme | AXBXAXXXBBXXXXXBAA CDXXXXXDX C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101010110 11011 101 10011110 111 01001001 001001 1011 100101 1010010 11111 10011 1111 10111 0010101 1001 110010010 1010010 11101101 100010010 00101 10101 0101001 0100101 11110101 1110110 010111 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 820 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 9, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
Not my poem. But rather featuring Persaud. Words I planted, but ideas, images all his. Her Dancing on Leaves: Re Reading Palace of the Peacock* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/813847.Palace_of_the_Peacock
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Written on March 02, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on March 02, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on March 02, 2023
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