Analysis of waiting for the Doctor
Sitting in the exam room
Waiting for the doctor.
Just being here
I feel better already.
I’m sure it’s nothing.
He’ll say “”Cut down the bourbon
And get more exercise.”
The carpet is unobtrusive
The walls are painted a soothing blue
The diplomas on the wall
Tell me this guy
“Knows his stuff.
But,The skeleton in the corner
Says,”Doesn’t matter
You’ll look just like me soon enough”.
| Scheme | XAXXX XX XX XXB AA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 1000011 101010 1101 1110010 11110 1111010 01110 0101010 011100101 0010101 1111 111 11000010 110 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 397 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Written on March 22, 1951
Submitted by ericb51 on January 13, 2022
Modified on April 25, 2023
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