Analysis of Poet's Dream

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



I imbibed some liquid poetry
Spot of gin and vermouth raised my spirit
Told the bartender he was literally
The best victualer turned poet


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 101110100 1110011110 1010111000 011110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 137
Words 24
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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Poetry time is Happy Hour.

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Written on December 16, 2023

Submitted on December 16, 2023

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