Analysis of COLD & LONELY STREET
In a cold and lonely house
In a cold and lonely street,
A tired old man stagnates
His future is cold and bleak.
A frigid Melbourne day
Sums up this poor man's life,
He's lived without children
Without a loving wife.
He's lived without the comfort
That a family could provide,
He has always yearned for love
His dreams have been denied.
He's in a lovelorn villa house
In a dark, and lonely street,
Epithets are thrown at him
No cheer from those he meets.
As his dreary life goes on
His days keep speeding by,
He longs for the blessed relief
That comes when people die.
But death's mercy eludes him
He's stuck in the living Hell,
A lonely house on a lonely street
The old man knows too well.
He's forced to beg for help
From people who don't care,
Occasionally he finds succor
But the occasions are now rare.
In a cold and lonely house
Where no hope now remains,
He survives another frigid night
Then dies one ice-cold day.
THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | Abax cdxd xexe abfx xgxg fhbh xixi Axxc xxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0010101 0010101 010111 1101101 010101 111111 110110 010101 1101010 10100101 111111 111101 1001101 0010101 101111 111111 1110111 111101 1110101 111101 1110011 1100101 010110101 011111 111111 110111 010001110 10010111 0010101 111101 101010101 111111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,001 |
Words | 207 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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In a cold and lonely house In a cold and lonely street, A tired old man stagnates His future is cold and bleak.
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Written on June 04, 2022
Submitted by philip0157 on June 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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