Analysis of A Broken Down Mystic
Imbibing brandy and Irish stout
In a pub near Derry’s Walls.
With a grey flecked beard
Coupling a tweed cap
Above a wrinkled brow.
At times receptive to dialogue
And others of silent presence.
A source of thought and experience
Striving to be free in metre and rhyme.
A somewhat solitary and mystical being
Apparently from The Leap of The Dog
In the nearby valley of The Roe.
| Scheme | XX XXX AB BX XAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100101 001111 10111 10011 010101 11010110 01011010 011100100 1011101001 011100010010 0100101101 001110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on February 20, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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