Analysis of THE DRUMMER
Frustrated the child was learning to drum.
it was so hard .a proper conundrum.
she was better at ballet than this tom tom.snare and bass melee.
her teacher had suggested it in the first place
.she struggled with it and persisted and failure she resisted just to save face .
She was totally in despair.
then one evening at practice he was there
.small guy.grey hair black .leather jacket
.he seemed to come from nowhere..
a second in time of an empty room then he was there,
hey there he said with an ethereal smile.
A strange calm suddenly came over her.
he approached and pulled up a chair.
hypnotizing a penetrating stare.
a friendly comforting smile and the words i see you re struggling there.
child do not despair
. Drum for me and feel the beat of your heart for that is where we all must start.
then suddenly as in a trance she started to drum.
the sound of her heart filled her ears.
With the constant dum dum dum as if by magic her hands. Came to life ..
tiny hands with sticks entwined came perfectly assigned with the beat of lifes rythmn . .drumming a beat .fast and neat
..she was astounding with the drums she was pounding.it all now made. sense .effortless and sweet sounding.
no longer a foundling to the
snare she was pounding.
the drumming echoed around the room.a musical all encapsulating perfume
.after what seemd like forever her mother arrived to this fantastic percussional sound. .
a few other people had gathered around .
eyes closed the child was drumming.,an extraterrestial treat.expertly tapping her feet.as though in a wonderful musical Dream .
picture the scene.drumming serene.
time seemed to slow and she was aglow
just then .her mother clapped to break the trance .
She awoke all wide eyed to the audiences advance.
Amazed and all agock her body shuddered wild with shock.
she came back to earth from.this pleasant surprise .astonised she turned to the man stood at the door in a heavenly guise.
who had what seemed a moment ago sat next to her.
he seemed to glow and shimmer and start to rise
.confused lisa rubbed her tired eyes.thank you she shouted at the vision across the floor by the stair.
Her mother turned .honey who are you talking to.theres nobody there.
The ethereal figure smiling just stood there .
a silent voice slowly saying take care.
Nola suddenly felt a Warming sense and a soothing hum.she involuntarily blinked her eyes .
then he was gone.
Scheme | AABCCDDEDDFGDDDDHAIJKLMLNOOPQRSSTUGUDDDDUV |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111011 1111010010 11101011111011 010101010011 11011001001010101111 11100001 1110110111 11111010 111111 01001111011111 11111101001 0111001100 10101101 101001 010100100111111001 11101 111010111111111111 1100100111011 01101101 10101111111001111 10111011100011011111001101 1101010111111111000110 11001010 11110 0101001011001010001 10111010010011101011 01101011001 1101111110011001001001 100101 111101101 1101011101 10111110100001 0101101010111 11111110011111011101001001 1111010011110 11110100111 011010101111010100101101 01011011110111 001001010111 0101101011 1010010101001010100101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 2,438 |
Words | 467 |
Sentences | 63 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 42 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,902 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 457 |
About this poem
I was in band years ago,just found out our drummer Colin died by suicide.so wrote him a little poem
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