Analysis of January Dry
Patrick T Campbell 1964 (Washington, DC)
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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