Analysis of Liquor Store

Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)



He stumbled into the liquor store,
Holding up a an old rusted kitchen knife.
"Give me what I'm after," he slurred,
As he demanded the bottle he chose.

The clerk was taken aback,
Thinking he had a thief to fight.
But the drunk just wanted his fix,
To drown his sorrows all night.

He wasn't there for the money,
He had none to spare.
Just a man on a mission,
To drown away his despair.

He cracked open the bottle,
Taking a swig with a sigh.
Ahhh, sweet relief,
As he watched the world go by.

No one would understand,
The pain that led him here.
The bottle his only friend,
In a world that didn't care.  


Scheme XXXX XAXA XBXB XCXC XXXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 110010101 10101110101 11111011 1101001011 0111001 10110111 10111011 1111011 11011010 11111 1011010 1101101 1110010 1001101 1101 1110111 11101 011111 0101101 0011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 608
Words 142
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on May 19, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 19, 2023

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Joe Strickland

I'm just a regular, blue collar, working stiff who took an interest in writing poetry many years ago but until recently I haven't had a desire to share any with anyone or pursue publication. I'm an unpublished fork lift operator by night, and a day drinker by choice. I can be followed on Twitter @JoeStricklandSC more…

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