Wagner

Rupert Brooke 1887 (Rugby) – 1915 (Aegean Sea)




Creeps in half wanton, half asleep,
 One with a fat wide hairless face.
He likes love-music that is cheap;
 Likes women in a crowded place;
  And wants to hear the noise they're making.

His heavy eyelids droop half-over,
 Great pouches swing beneath his eyes.
He listens, thinks himself the lover,
 Heaves from his stomach wheezy sighs;
  He likes to feel his heart's a-breaking.

The music swells.  His gross legs quiver.
 His little lips are bright with slime.
The music swells.  The women shiver.
 And all the while, in perfect time,
  His pendulous stomach hangs a-shaking.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABC DEDEC DFDFC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 570
Words 97
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5

Rupert Brooke

Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". more…

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