Analysis of Bachelor’s Curse
The curse of a woman, quite unruly. Since the spell my nights pass bluely,
Completely filled with night mares truly, as Cupid smiles upon me cruelly.
His poisoned arrow went astray, to hazard the path of a bachelor’s way.
When the sandman grins with tooth decay, carefree pillars begin to sway.
His leering laughter, he was busting, sprinkling sand and magic dusting.
My golden bachelor chains are rusting, ending nights of liberal lusting.
As nightfall swoops, I fear the team that spends the day to spring a scheme.
They hatch a hideous horrendous dream, to pester me with gleeful scream.
A lengthy list of torture teachers, all my childhood nursery creatures,
Learning lines to star the features, taunting me with thoughts of preachers.
Jack Frost appeared in ice clad boot and a Hong Kong tailored sermon suit.
“Your life is one without a root, and a single tree bears withered fruit.”
Up above my head so round, a stork of white whom mocking frowned,
Brought prophesies of doleful sound, to show me I was sinful bound.
“No restful sleep for you,” he said, “Persist you lead the life you’ve led.
I’ll spring a child from every bed, lest you decide it best to wed.”
And each in turn with barb and thorn would follow suit to laugh and warn.
The way was paved as John Barleycorn entered midst their joyful scorn.
Crawling from some darkened hole, with blood shot eyes of molten coal,
The giver of back door parole looked down upon my wretched soul.
Liquor fumes of foul disguise, did well to hide his liquid lies.
“A bride-less life is very wise. A drinking man should have no ties.”
Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II AA JJ |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 01101010101011111 010111110110101110 110101011100110101 101111011100111 1110111010101010 1101001110101110010 111110111011101 11010010111011101 01011101011110010 1011101010111110 11010111001110101 11110101001011101 101111101111101 1100110111111101 1101111101110111 1101110011111111 0101110111011101 01111111011101 101110111111101 0101110111011101 101110111111101 0111110101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,587 |
Words | 284 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 57 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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