Analysis of Another place in time

Jocelyn Woodard 2005 (Biloela)



Another face. Another smile.
Another place. Another time.

Some other acts to fill my time.
Some other thoughts to fill my mind.

Some foreign skin to clothe my bones.
And different bones to call my own.

A new two feet to help me stand.
And anyone’s but my own hands.

A different heart-
that beats more right.

A different brain-
that feels more sane.

A lonely place to lay my head.
A quiet place to call my bed.

A gentle place to fall asleep-
and sleep- and sleep- and sleep- and sleep.


Scheme XA AX XX XX XX BB CC DD
Poetic Form
Metre 01010101 01010101 11011111 11011111 11011111 010011111 01111111 011111 01001 1111 01001 1111 01011111 01011111 01011101 01010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 493
Words 111
Sentences 15
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by jocelynmarywoodard on November 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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