Analysis of where it is
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
where it is spoke
itself into
existence
many followed
i knew it was
lying cause i
know where where
it is is and this
ain't it
but where it is
lit eyes ablaze &
how could they
resist the
temptation of a
youth that is
where it is &
always must be
should i tell
them & face the
abuse or must they
find now for
themselves now is
temporal until it is
not that
now is forever
changing till it is
forever never
temporal
forever is not a
long time it
is a mere
moment that never
ends
this is where it
is is where it
is until where it
is shows up
static forevers
decay all the
time
timelessness
creates forever ever
changing
this is never where
it is but for a
solitary second
where it ain't ain't
where it is
get off the
corner yer blockin
traffic
© John Kennan 4-9-21
Scheme | xxaxxxbxc dxeffdDxxfexddxgdgx fcxgx cccx afxagx bfx xD fhx h |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 0101 010 1010 1111 1011 111 11101 11 1111 1101 111 010 01010 111 111 111 111 110 01111 111 0111 1000111 11 11010 10111 01010 100 010110 111 101 10110 1 1111 1111 10111 111 101 0110 1 1 0101010 10 11101 11110 10010 1111 111 110 1011 10 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 731 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 19, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 52 |
Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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