Analysis of Loss of Hearing
A. D.avid Hyde 1950 (Oklahoma City)
Loss of Hearing
By Art Hyde
She said, “You need a hearing aid.”
I said, “I’ll take the lemonade, thank you very much.”
She asked me if my kids were grown,
I think I heard you like this song.
I said, you are quite lovely,
But her reply I never heard.
I’ve heard of those soft-spoken,
but her volume was quite absurd.
She said, “Would you like a burger?
I said, “I’m married, and shocked for that inferred!”
I’m trying to like this party,
But, narrowly heard too much,
someone said I farted,
but can’t agree to such.
I think my ears are broken,
most will sure agree,
Going to leave this party,
no one’s talking to me.
Scheme | XA XB XX CD ED XD CBAB EC CC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1110 111 11110101 1111010111101 11111101 11111111 1111110 10011101 1111110 10101101 11111010 11110011101 11011110 1100111 1111 110111 1111110 11101 1011110 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
When our hearing is diminished as we grow old we often refused to acknowledge the loss.
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