Analysis of Glacial Wings
The mammoth was frozen solid
As a bollard.
Its feet melting on the shattered glacier
A bead of ice water hit a clear spear
Submersing it then another and yet more sticking it to mother earths cruelest floor.
What's more but to wait for the thaw
Without a blemish, a beat, a core
Flawless, others adored the frosted wings
Patterning the sides of this mighty time
Capsule.
| Scheme | ABCDEFEGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 01011010 1010 1110101010 0111101011 1110100111011101101 11111101 010100101 1010010101 10111101 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 362 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 297 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
About this poem
Being trapped by dangerous situations.
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Written on September 08, 2021
Submitted by heathert.34240 on September 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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