Analysis of LOVED BEAST



They rode my back when my brain was blank;
My sweat and gold down dark pockets sank;
'A fool' they named my ignorant being,
And treated me like a mere, work thing.

In quarries owned by whom I got owned
The lore of lords on my two eyes dawned;
In slums of shame, chains and vulgar names,
I learned wisdoms and built my domains.

I long have known Earth is no jungle -
The huge ones here just 'kiss and fondle';
My strength has grown – I shall show some love!
I'll feed and fight – that's my 'right' resolve!

Like unschooled beasts, let us bite ourselves
And write good books to design our shelves!
We're civilised because we know maths;
We rule in sciénce and martial arts!


Scheme AABB XXCX DDXX EECX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 111111111 110111101 0111110010 010110111 010111111 011111111 011110101 11101101 111111110 011111010 111111111 110111101 111111001 0111101101 1101111 110110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 661
Words 128
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 32

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A thought on our ‘civilisation'

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Submitted by bardsdale000 on October 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mikel Bardsdale

Born in Nigeria, grew up reading books from England like Oliver Twist and learnt poetry during the teenage days. Believes we must write to leave our society better than we found it. more…

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