Analysis of Curtains



Speak of what you're certain
Let liberation grow
Lift the "bamboo curtain"
Oppressors overthrow
Speak of what you're certain
Let alternatives flow
Lift the "lacy curtain"
Gobble-up escargot
Speak of what you're certain
Let the coterie know
Lift the "secret curtain"
Hit cadence heel-and-toe
Speak of what you're certain
Let tempest twisters blow
Lift the "safety curtain"
Sail watercraft bateau
Speak of what you're certain
Let inhibitions go
Lift the "tableau curtain"
Perform in the stage show


Scheme AbabAbacAbabAbacAbab
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 111110 10101 100110 01010 111110 101001 101010 1011 111110 101001 101010 110101 111110 110101 101010 111 111110 10101 100110 010011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 476
Words 77
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 401
Words per stanza (avg) 77
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Submitted on January 13, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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