Analysis of Zoological
Brady Bowen 1973 (Louisiana)
Desire is the grinning leer of the teethbared wolf in the firelit fear-festival that is the lone explorer when the first howls rise moonward like clouds of lamentation. That’s what desire is.
Loyalty is a quiet pachydermed jungle clearing as the herd stands between the poacher and his prey-in their grey skinned minds they’re dead already, but they smile in their way. That’s what loyalty is.
Fear is the yellow-electric blood of the deer when she feels the hot breath of the pack on flying hooves that she barely stays ahead of and her heart bursts. That’s what fear is.
Cruelty is the claws of the bear opening the tented man from face to belt as he lay sleeping with dreams of childhood encircling his mind before he feels the wet cavity empty onto the leaves. That’s what cruelty is.
Love is the swan that refuses to leave his bride’s corpse after the cruelty of man turns her polished white beauty into a mattress-stuffing spray of white. Love is his complaint.
Love is knowing a certain secret pain that is yours forever.
Love is gratefulness unbound; always.
| Scheme | A A A A X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101011011001110011010101011111111110101 1001010110101011010100110111111010111011111001 11010010110111101110111011110101100111111 10101101100011111111110111101001101110110010100111101 110110101111110010111010110010101011111101 1110010101111010 111011 |
| Characters | 1,101 |
| Words | 204 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 122 |
| Words per line (avg) | 27 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Written on March 13, 2022
Submitted by BradyB999 on March 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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