Analysis of The Dead Baker
Ronald Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)
I see the gloom,
The darkness,
The boom!
The baker's house.
The smelling treats.
The hungry mouse.
But no—
The fire, the night.
The smoke, the glow.
The explosion.
The past life.
The erosion.
| Scheme | AXA BXB CXC DXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 010 01 0101 0101 0101 11 01001 0101 0010 011 0010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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