Analysis of Parking in Dawning’s Peace and Quiet
Sitting in Walmart
Rising Sun alerts
Crows clean up
One Staffer here
Dropped off early
Curbside chain smoking
We have said nothing
To this point
Sharing cool and quiet
An odd brotherhood
Couple of cars
Telling the story
Of Saturday night’s
Or rather the
Or Floor Polisher
Or dry grocery
Night Crew setting up
Aisle by aisle.
This is Life
And likely Errands.
Starting in this Lot.
My harmonica pulled out
Bird senses a competition.
Distant traffic sounds
Muflled until inconsequential.
One Mourning Dove
Beneath an asphalt island tree
Refusing to relinquish
And the Glow.
I get it, and
wish for the same.
Scheme | X X A B C D D X X X X C X X B C A X X X X X X X X X C X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001 10101 111 1101 1110 1110 11110 111 101010 1110 1011 10010 11001 1100 111 11100 11101 111 111 01010 10011 1010011 1100010 10101 1010010 1101 0111101 0101010 001 1110 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 818 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 31 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
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 July 09, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on July 09, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on July 09, 2023
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