Analysis of That Tux In Your Mind
Do they only get dressed
for those formal affairs
Are your words clothed in rags
when no one else seems to care
Awaiting an invitation,
do the hours seem long
Your verse patent leather
set to dance to a song
Are the verbs sharp as linen,
is your meaning like silk
Is delayed expectation
and the silence your ilk
Do your words hang in limbo
like that tux in the dark
In a closet unspoken
—where the verses take heart
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
| Scheme | XX XX AB XB AC AC XX AX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 111001 111101 1111111 0101010 101011 111010 111101 1011110 111011 101010 001011 1111010 111001 0010010 101011 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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