Analysis of PLANTS SLITHER LIKE SNAKES
Plants with the life force
And the mobility of,
Animals hunting.
Slithering like snakes
They wrap around the necks,
To throttle human prey.
Moss that closes upon
Passers-by like a stomach,
Closing round its food.
Growing through rib cages
Into bony mouths, then out
Empty eye sockets.
Bones glowing whitely
Startlingly in contrast to,
The dull, mossy green.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 0001001 10010 10011 110101 110101 111001 1011010 10111 101110 0110111 10110 11010 1000101 0111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 414 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Plants with the life force And the mobility of, Animals hunting.
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Written on May 02, 2004
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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