Analysis of The Rain of Life
Greg Lanier 1962 (Atlanta, GA)
Wake to the ache of a cheap clock radio
start a pot
feed and pet the cat
sip a cup
then peel open the eyes in the rain of life.
don some cloth
drag to the pit of fate
do the time
collect the change
stop and suck a brew for the road
swallow some grease
shuffle to the bed
another day is gone.
Wake to the ache of a cheap clock radio
start a pot
feed the cat
chug a cup
then peel open the eyes in the rain of life.
don some cloth
race to the pit of fate
do some time
collect the change
stop and sling a few brews for the road
swallow some grease
catch some cable
stumble to the bed
another day is gone.
Wake late to the ache of a cheap clock radio
skip the pot
trip over the cat
and rip open the eyes in the rain of life.
change the mind
call the man and tell a lie
sit and dream and wonder why
power up and write a line
decide it’s worthless
catch some cable
catch some cable
catch some cable
another day is gone.
Wake on the couch to the ache
of a distant cheap clock radio
start a pot
feed and rub the cat
say a prayer thanking God that it’s Saturday
then peel open the eyes in the rain of life.
Scheme | ABcdEFghIjKlM ABcdEFghIjKNlM abcexooxxNNNMxaBcxE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101110 101 10101 101 11100100111 111 110111 101 0101 10101101 1011 10101 010111 1101101110 101 101 101 11100100111 111 110111 111 0101 101011101 1011 1110 10101 010111 11101101110 101 11001 01100100111 101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1110 1110 1110 1110 010111 1101101 10101110 101 10101 10110111100 11100100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,101 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 14, 19 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 285 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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