Analysis of Tiger in Waiting
I feel like a precursor predator stalking
A tiger laying waiting for the wildebeest
Instinct and self-preservation
For she carries the riddle
The perfect seed of mankind
The mutation.
Food, fangs and all
Awaiting the punch line.
With her heroic strength and agility
Brilliant repartee, master,
Encyclopedic memory.
I pant.
Manly, full of testosterone
Handsome, athletic,
The second seed.
Ingrained, determined and prolific
I pounce on the bandwagon
Hurrah for adulation, hero worship,
For abstract love, for fornication
Shatter the bands into total freedom
Let me be myself
Like the tiger in waiting.
| Scheme | ABCDBCEFBGHBIJBJCKCLMA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111001010010 0101010101 1001010 1110010 0011111 0010 1101 010011 10010100100 100110 0010100 11 101110 10010 0101 010100010 111010 0110101010 101111 1001011010 1111 1010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 600 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 491 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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