Analysis of January Dry



Take a month off from what you're doing,
Sing songs and step out of the stewing.
A minute of change makes it one hour,
The dryness of days makes a high tower.  

A week unfolds into the next,
You want it to hold, and not to be vexed.
Quietly keep dry while others are fleeing,
You must find a way without cheating.

The end is not near with three weeks to go,
Give yourself time and places to hold.
Find one more way to stay on with the dry,
There's more corners to turn before you defy.

Buy when you find folly to fail,
Rest assured you’re on a great trail -
With many who set forth, and high hopes indeed.
Dry is not the only way to succeed.


Scheme AABB CCAA XXDD EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 101111110 110111010 0101111110 0101110110 01010101 1111101111 10011110110 111010110 0111111111 101101011 1111111101 11101101101 11111011 10111011 11011101101 1110101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 653
Words 146
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 32

About this poem

After the holidays, many people try to go the whole month of January without drinking alcohol. This poem captures attempts to stay dry in one way or another or fail and still find comfort.

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Written on January 08, 2023

Submitted by patrickc.39220 on January 08, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Patrick T Campbell

Born in Washington DC but soon moved to Central Pennsylvania, I grew up in a storybook, eclectic family. I've traveled the world and have lived in many places since then but now reside in Baltimore, MD. more…

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