Analysis of Windham Terrace
Children are a joy; I’ve always
Loved their unabashed smiles,
Enthusiasm for life.
Honest, inquisitive, sprightly,
Refreshing.
Destiny never gave me
A child
Nor a wife.
Instead she gave me eyes
And the knowledge; wisdom
Only loneliness can bestow.
I sit here with useless, arthritic legs;
Sit here in this chair, this
Mobile substitute.
The leaves fall, the corridors
Hum with anticipation of visitors.
For others.
The first holiday comes.
Our 'home' will be visited
By a group of small children
Dressed as vampires, princesses,
And the occasional astronaut.
I hold my butterscotch candies anxiously
In my lap, mangled legs covered.
My own costume, a witch mask
With grassy hair
Sunken eyes
And a vicious, gap-toothed leer,
Wasn't my choice
Though, seems a fitting commentary.
I sit in dappled sunlight, crisp air
With the others,
butterflies pummeling my stomach.
The children never come.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 11011 010011 10010010 010 1001011 01 101 011111 001010 10100101 1111100101 110111 1010 0110100 1100101100 110 01101 10111100 1011110 1110100 00010010 1111010100 01110110 1101011 1101 101 0010111 1011 11010100 1101111 1010 10100110 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 858 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11, 12 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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