Analysis of The pearl of thunder
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
It crashes and smashes
Preceded by violent flashes
It rumbles and grumbles
Renting the silence asunder
It scares and cowers the weak
Knocking the knees to jelly
It sounds like a celestial drum
The precursor to the Armageddon!
It spells the death knell
To sundry mighty boles
It startles the fleeting dear
Caught in a mid-jump prance
It throws the heavens in relief
Illumining the grim cloud pillars
It nevertheless enthralls all
With its shiny bolt pearls!
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| Scheme | AA XX XX XX XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110010 010110010 110010 10010010 110101 1001110 11100101 001010010 11011 110101 1100101 100111 11010001 101110 100111 111011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 457 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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