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DRUNIE.

- e.j.l | tolerating stupid idiot me

The horses stand before me, still like the trees around me. In silver light, in the fallen night, unflinching gaze upon me. What dreams they do filch from me, these oily beasts that watch me? On three legs they stand on warm promised land, to brave and to suffer me.

“Do you just want me to buy you candy?”

This poem has an anapestic meter, which means that each foot has two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable. This type of meter is paired with the limerick form of this poem, creating a “sing song effect” within the short stanza. However, the actual meaning of the poem is far from cheery and light. The context, illustrated through phrases such as “young girl from St. Paul” and “newspaper-dress to a ball,” paints a far less picturesque image in the reader’s mind. The girl attending the ball’s dress catches on fire, burning the entire front page. This contrast between the upbeat meter and the dismal scene presented in the poem creates an ironic message that resonates within the audience, even though it is a short poem in comparison to others that we have read. But is the author even speaking about a young girl from St. Paul? While that may be possible, the speaker may also be discussing the implications of newspapers within society or how the wealthy perceive writers, as the girl is wearing a newspaper dress to a seemingly fancy ball and is thus burned. The ability to look at this short poem from a variety of different angles contributes to the effective use of formal structure. It may be brief, but it is full of information. 

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