Analysis of Swine After Pearls
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
Rumor is a pearl necklace
Purchased at a discount rate
The world is your oyster
Go have yourself a clambake
Cuisine is variation
On a theme that we call taste
It satiates the tasteless
Eliminates the waste
Bake them
Fry them
Remove the gems
Mix them in a dip
Just be careful where you nibble
You might lose a fingertip
Variations of mythology
On themes we would avoid
Scientific stand-up satire
The comedy of Sigmund Freud
Marine biologists on dinghies
Snorkel treasures in the deep
Plumb the oceanic depths for pearls
Of wisdom they might keep
Bake them
Fry them
Remove the gems
Mix them in a dip
Just be careful where you nibble
You might lose a figertip
Water holes flush with diamond studs
Pollute pristine lagoons
A snuff bucket with pearls inlaid
Is merely a spittoon
Oyster shooters loosen tongues
Fire the ovens, gather clams
I don't care to hear the fables
Of who you think she thinks I am
Bake them
Fry them
Remove the gems
Mix them in a dip
Just be careful where you nibble
You might lose a fingertip
© John Kennan 2-6-16
Scheme | axbx cdad EEFGHG xibi ajxj EEFGHg xxxc xxxx EEFGHG c |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110 1010011 011110 110101 011010 1011111 11010 01001 11 11 0101 11001 11101110 111010 01010100 111101 0101110 01001101 01010011 1010001 10010111 110111 11 11 0101 11001 11101110 11101 10111101 011001 0110111 11001 1010101 10010101 11111010 11111111 11 11 0101 11001 11101110 111010 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,018 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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