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.


Scheme ABCDEFBGHFICBJCKLMNOPQR
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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Thomas W. Case

Born in Oxnard California, currently living in Iowa. Published two books of poetry and hundreds of individual poems in anthologies all over the world. more…

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