Analysis of the bar in manhattan
i am now twenty one years old.
i can drink at the bar in manhattan.
i take a sip of the red wine,
the sounds of overlapping conversations and the smell of spilt beers.
but i cannot be six again.
wading through the creek with my cousin, the welder.
jeans rolled up past our knees. the august sun shining overhead.
twenty one years old.
i step out of the bar in manhattan.
i take a drag of the cigarette,
my chipped black fingernails and smudged red lipstains.
i cannot be six again.
sitting on the porch with my brother, the labourer.
his gloves are too big for me, but warm enough. the october stars shining over us.
twenty one years old.
i stare into the mirror in the bar in manhattan.
i take a long hard look at the woman i see,
her haphazard black liner and the lingering of cheap vanilla perfume.
i cannot be six again.
looking at the little girl in the mirror, the dreamer.
her frizzy blonde curls framing bright and blue eyes. it is april and the vanity lights are shining down on her.
i am now twenty one years old.
i will never be six again.
Scheme | A bxc d ex A bxc D ex A bxx D ee A d |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 1111010010 11011011 011100010001111 11101101 101011110010 1111101010110101 10111 1111010010 11011001 111100111 1101101 10101111001 111111111010010110101 10111 11010100010010 110111101011 0010110001001101001 1101101 10101010010010 01111010111110001001110110 11110111 11101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,063 |
Words | 237 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
a woman reflects on her childhood while sitting at a bar on her birthday.
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