Analysis of Study Room, laurier campus
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Used to run off, Sunday mornings
Study room, alone.
Students sleeping off
Last night’s bender.
Uncomplicated.
Unstructured.
Unbothered.
With pocket Testament
And frequently
Book of poems.
Did not inhabit the churches.
Rather alone and in touch.
With the Most High.
Really meant for
There to be business.
But the prayers were yammering
The jaws flapping with selfish
Petitions of fear or conundrum.
Then one nasty winter outing.
Got quiet. Tried to listen
For something. Someone.
And Father Above arrived.
“Ah Son, so you have closed
Your mouth.
Let’s build together
A Dialogue.
A Duality OK.”
Doors of revelation
Flew open.
The likes of which
Never before experienced
In the pews.
Pastor spouting off
Some opinion,
Chuckling anecdote
A list of thou shalt nots.
Or how he spent his
Summer Vacation.
Scheme | ABCDEFEGHIJKLMNOPQORRSTUDOORRVWXCRYZ1 R |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 10101 10101 1110 0100 010 1 110100 0100 1110 11010010 1001001 1011 1011 11110 10101 0110110 010111010 11101010 1101110 1101 0100101 111111 11 11010 010 0010011 11010 110 0111 10010100 001 10101 1010 1010 011111 11111 10010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 807 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 38 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 637 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
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Written on February 03, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on February 03, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on February 03, 2023
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