Analysis of The Western Plains of the Heart
Thomas W. Case 1966 (California)
I miss her, and
it's uncomfortable.
I'm not used to
feelings.
In the past, I would
drink when I
felt uncomfortable,
or felt anything, for
that matter.
Now, I identify
the feelings, like
a strange new
species of animal:
"Oh yes, that's sadness.
It's indigenous to
the western plains of
the heart."
Feeling emotions is
strange and scary,
but it beats the
alternative;
feeling nothing,
and dying alone.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100 101000 1111 10 00111 111 101000 11101 110 11010 0101 011 101100 11110 101001 01011 01 100101 1010 1110 0100 1010 01001 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 317 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted by thomasc.35413 on March 13, 2021
Modified by thomasc.35413 on March 13, 2021
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