Analysis of V. Borge. Never a sharper mind/ talent on piano.



Victor, the Great Dane.

Danish and out of
Wartime Occupation.
Ed Sullivan laughed with him…
Imagine, Ed laughed!

Followed much more fun his way.
Keyboard over-run.
But not until some spoofs
On opera, composer styles
Late guests down the aisles.
Fat opera women told
Hands off the Steinway.
Operas played at…
His Way.

Oh did I not mention?
He plays excellent music.
Eventually.
Crowds are in love with him.
His Punctuation language.
His impromptu Gypsy pieces.
His slipping off the bench.
His dodging “Autumn Leaves.”
His scarcely known operetta in the forest.
His joking about Mozart’s BUST.
(The Wife went all the way to the floor.)


Scheme X XABX CAXDDXCXC AXXBXXXXEEX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 10011 10011 1010 1100111 01011 1011111 1101 110111 1100101 11101 110101 1101 1011 11 111110 1110010 01000 110111 101010 10101010 110101 110101 11010100010 1100111 011101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 683
Words 137
Sentences 21
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 9, 11
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on April 02, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 02, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on April 02, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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