Analysis of Ordinary Man Special



Ordinary Man Special

As if out of nowhere or a dream
You glance my way and smile
Saying hello in a whisper
Loud enough my eyes
Heard what my heart
Finally wanted to hear.

As you walk by I watch you
Your fine feminine form
Moves like slow water
Dancing as twin fountains
A dream of waking desire
Where I want to swim.

As the moment moves on I see
A soul acknowledge me
And made me feel I mattered
Just one look was all it took
For beauty to make handsome
This ordinary man special.

Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
No part of this poem may be used or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any way or form or by any means electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the author.*


Scheme A XXBXXX XXBXBX CCXXXA XB
Poetic Form
Metre 100110 11111101 111101 10010010 10111 1111 1001011 1111111 111001 11110 101110 01110010 11111 10101111 010101 0111110 1111111 1101110 1100110 101101 111110111101100010101010010111111010100100010110010100101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 745
Words 148
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6, 6, 2
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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How one glance from a beautiful woman affects me

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Written on August 29, 2023

Submitted by charlesedwardyork on August 29, 2023

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Charles Edward York

Charles Edward York is an author and poet activist living in Plano, Texas. He’s written over 1400 poems and published 17 books of poetry. Born in Vietnam and raised a citizen in Dallas, Texas, he writes poems that include the subjects of love and relationships, nature, social justice, including police violence against African-Americans and minorities, astronomy and others. more…

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