Analysis of Uncaged
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
I lock me willfully into
The soft and subtle question
Surrender to a whisper
A hostage to suggestion
Should I take the lady captive
I'd bind my own self in those chains
Happily, I'd lock you in with
The unclinically insane
Integrity
Diminishes me
Kept under lock and key
Be still, my heart, and listen
Your keeper
Keeps you free
The appetizers have been served
The feast has been prepared
I feel the hunger in your eyes
My heart is running scared
I'd love to lock you into love
And love you like I know I can
With variations on a theme
But love makes its demands
Integrity
Diminishes me
Kept under lock and key
Be still, my heart, and listen
Your keeper
Keeps you free
The beaten heart, sinew on bone
That's how the story always goes
Stared into me with those brown eyes
I felt it in my toes
We cremated my dignity
The ashes of our passions burn
You may not get what you deserve
But you will pay for what you urn
Integrity
Diminishes me
Kept under lock and key
Be still, my heart, and listen
Your keeper
Keeps you free
© John Kennan 6-21-16
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| Metre | 11110001 0101010 0101010 0101010 11101010 11111011 10011101 0101 0100 01001 110101 1111010 110 111 0100111 011101 11010011 111101 11111011 01111111 1010101 111101 0100 01001 110101 1111010 110 111 0101111 1101011 10111111 111011 11001100 010110101 11111101 11111111 0100 01001 110101 1111010 110 111 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,032 |
| Words | 199 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 43 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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