Analysis of Unmarked
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
Memories sleep alone in the park
No heat in the fire, not even a spark
Scavengers gather, pick at the heart
Savages cadaverous and dark
One by one in a circular route
The nights all dance, purveyors of doubt
Nobody here gives a damn about
A flamekeeper asleep as the fire fades out
Turn my mind into a penny arcade
Costumed words in a carnival parade
Prominence displayed at the promenade
Bus tour tickets to an unmarked charade
Inhaled kisses of the girls in May
Feel like a whispering November day
The fire in the hearth has come to stray
Winter winds come and take our breath away
Forget the living, eulogize the dead
That's what mommy and daddy always said
It doesn't really matter where you cast your bread
The vultures 'round here are always well-fed
Turn my mind into a penny arcade
Costumed words in a carnival parade
Prominence displayed at the promenade
Bus tour tickets to an unmarked charade
© John Kennan 11-13-19
Scheme | aaxa xbbb CCCC dddd eeee CCCC x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101001 11001011001 100101101 100101 111001001 011101011 1110101 0101101011 1110101001 110010001 100011001 1110110101 011010101 1101000101 0100011111 10110110101 010101001 111001011 110101011111 010111111 1110101001 110010001 100011001 1110110101 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 904 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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