Analysis of Creaky Bed

Royston 1946 (Reading)



Two creaky crocks slept upon a creaky bed
when 'Are you asleep my love?' One of them said.
Then rolled over holding him in her embrace
and he lay there gazing upon her lovely face.

They were aroused and passion started to soar
and that old bed began to creak even more.
Creak, creak, creak, the loud creaking rhythm increased
and it only stopped when their love making ceased.

Written during a trip up North to Longhorsely
to celebrate our 43rd anniversary.
We slept in a very creaky bed
and Dorothy woke me up at 2:00am !!!!!!!!!


Scheme AABB CCDD XXAX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 11011010101 11101111111 11101010001 011110010101 10010101011 01110111101 11101101001 01101111101 1010011111 1101010100 110010101 010011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 528
Words 98
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 138
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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