Analysis of Worth the Wait, Always
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Waiting in August heat
But no bench.
Against lamp post.
Dorothy could wait
Would wait for Bev.
Her friend would
Tote the walker
Down Main Street.
Relishing all the noises
Kids, billboards, happenings.
Unlike that apartment
Of silence, photos and missing
Heads go up.
Best of friends
Still, and ever.
| Scheme | A X X X X X B A X X X X X X B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
| Metre | 100101 111 0111 10011 1111 011 1010 111 1001010 11100 011010 1101010 111 111 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 442 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 16 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 3 |
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Written on December 08, 2022
Submitted by dougb.72572 on December 08, 2022
Modified by dougb.72572 on December 08, 2022
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