Analysis of Lyrebird's Message



Driven by a strong impulse
to show off with your throat
you open up like a stereo;
through wood sounds float

Your golden gob, it scratches and cracks
or clicks and rattles sharp and robust
You mimic and banter all sounds
invading the places you trust

As soon as you whistle and sing
all visitors’ mouths stay shut
and then bluntly you point out
how the great trees have been cut

Your voice, it reaches every pitch:
hear a chainsaw, motors run;
you forcefully exhale the deeds
harassing and killing your fun

Lofty you state your superior skills
the hard life you have endured
and for the ladies at flight’s length
you will gather all your strength


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XXEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 1010110 111111 11011010 1111 110111001 110101001 11001011 01001011 11111001 1100111 0110111 1011111 111101001 101101 11000101 01001011 1011101001 0111101 01010111 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 655
Words 125
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Modified by ludy_b on December 07, 2021

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Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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