Analysis of THE BLUE MAN
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
The Blue man circles
Invisibly in a pool,
Choking lone swimmers
The Blue Man drowning
Everyone he encounters,
In a public pool.
Diving down the throat
Of a beautiful bather,
Drowning her quickly.
The Blue Man appears
As from nowhere to drag
A woman to her death.
Hunting lone swimmers
The Blue Man enters them,
Taking another victim.
The Blue Man stalking
Lone unwary swimmers,
Taking them to their deaths.
The Blue Man Wailing
Like an injured porpoise,
Luring lonely swimmers.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | XAB CBA XXX XXX BXX CBX CXB XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110 1001 10110 01110 101010 00101 10101 1010010 10010 01101 11111 010101 10110 011101 1001010 01110 101010 101111 01110 111010 101010 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 528 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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