Analysis of PLANTS SLITHER LIKE SNAKES

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



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


Scheme XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
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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