Analysis of The Shopaholic
Abby Kesington 1979 (Lagos)
Oh! The thrills of a good bargain
Push the worries behind my brain
The lure of buy one, get one free
Emancipates an entrapped frame
New deals on bags and shoes
A welcome distraction from my moods
Forty percent discount from Michael Koors
Flushes all my worry out the door.
Instore or online the allure is the same
A place of refuge, oh my gosh, it is insane
“Just arrived and Just for you”
I swipe my card before sense disproves
I bask in the euphoria of a new bag
But buyer’s remorse soon makes me feel bad
As life reared its ugly head
back to bed, i return, to lay my head.
| Scheme | XAXB XXXX BAXX XXCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110110 10100111 01111111 0101011 111101 010010111 1001011101 101110101 111001101 011101111101 1010111 111101101 110001001011 1100111111 1111101 1111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 585 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
The poem is about using shopping as therapy.
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Written on December 07, 2022
Submitted by Abbykesington on December 07, 2022
Modified by Abbykesington on December 08, 2022
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