Analysis of Billy Collins Re-visited
Billy stands up
Looking quite dry
Even mundane.
But he ain’t at all.
Listen as grand images
Seem dwarfed by the
Common and familiar.
A smile vaguely shows
On Billy.
Audience more than chuckles.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1011 1011 1001 11111 1011100 1110 100010 01101 110 1001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
I love this poet’s subtle irony. The poem is entitled Consolation. A video link is offered here.
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Written on March 21, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 21, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on March 21, 2023
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