poem #20
David Plantinga 1972 (Sherbrooke)
About this poem
I got the idea for this one from Kafka’s short story Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor. Those weird bouncing balls really freak me out, like something out of The Twilight Zone. I’ve always thought this story was one of his best and under-appreciated. I’ve never been able to find much critical literature that mentions it.
Submitted by DavidPlantinga on July 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBACDEC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 267 |
Words | 47 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
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