Analysis of THE GREEN MAN
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Made of grass and vines
The Green Man strangles prey,
Leeches their fluids out.
Blending into grass
Hiding within hedges,
The Green Man can't be caught.
Rustling through ivy
Upon an ancient building,
Lost from people's sight.
Roiling like the sea
The Green Man is rarely seen,
Except when he strikes.
Twirling vines reach out
Ensnare the unexpecting,
Slowly reeling in.
Weed-poison kills him
If only you can track him down,
Hidden in plain sight.
Coiling like a snake
Through the unmown grasses,
Around a country town.
Ivy vines rippling
The Green Man hides within,
Safe from the angry hordes.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | XXA XXX BCD BXX ACE XFD XXF CEX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 01111 101101 10011 100110 011111 10110 0111010 11101 10101 0111101 01111 10111 0101 10100 11011 11011111 10011 1101 10110 010101 101100 011101 110101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 642 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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