Analysis of Fireworks
Fireworks seem to provide delight for all.
Whether a holiday, wedding, special occasion, or a masked ball.
Fabulously frabjous.
There to captivate and thrill all of us.
These explosive pyrotechnic devices disappear in thin air,
Even though we continue to stare.
Replaced by the backdrop of the universe...
Two hundred billion trillion twinkling stars,
Maybe even
Saturn,
Jupiter,
Venus,
Mercury, and
Mars.
The universe,
A never-ending fireworks show.
Remember sparklers as a child?
Standing transfixed, until they go dark.
Beguiled and then riled.
Fortunately, the real show begins.
Now we all win.
Boom as they launch heavenward;
Silence,
Snap,
Crackle,
Pop,
As they display their colorful garments.
Such a beautiful palette of complex hues and tints.
A veritable farrago after the big blow,
Replete with the complexity of a rainbow.
Huge illuminations like a bouquet of diverse and mixed flowers.
Circular bursts like a dandelion pappus spreading its seeds
in a sudden gust, or
Seemingly stationary sunflowers bowing their heads in
geotropism, or
Random spirals that mimic twisted tree trunks and their
plaited limbs, or
Shooting stars that fight gravity but eventually float
downward like leaves fluttering to the ground.
Fireworks are like nature.
They come in various shapes and sizes.
In fact, Mother Nature provides a free year-round show.
You must travel to Lake Maracaibo,
To view the “everlasting lightning storm.”
Known as Relampago del Catatumbo
Where ten-hour long lightning storms occur 150 times each year.
Now that is a lot to cheer about.
Like the thunder that follows sheet lightning;
A Big Bang follows each launch and breathtaking flash of light.
Both disappear like scared and perhaps mentally scarred wildlife.
The obstreperous grand finale is a sight to behold.
A seeming festoon of lights strung out across the night sky.
A veritable tohubohu of chaos and confusion
Fitting of a foregone conclusion.
Yelling,
Cheering,
Awe,
Applause,
Shouts of “encore!”
Quietude.
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Poetic Form | Etheree (22%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111010111 1001010100101011 10001 111001111 101001001001011 101101011 11011010 11010101001 1010 10 100 10 1000 1 010 0101011 0101101 100101111 01011 100001101 1111 11111 10 1 10 1 1101110010 1010010110101 01000110011 01100100101 1110011010110 10011010011011 001011 1001001010110 01001 1010110101101 1011 101111001010001 1011100101 11110 1101001010 0110100101111 1110111 110010101 11111 1110110101111 111011101 1010110110 0111011010111 1011100110011 001001010101101 0101111101011 0100011100010 101011010 10 10 1 01 111 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,198 |
Words | 369 |
Sentences | 31 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 10, 2, 3, 9, 2, 9, 8, 3, 10 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Experiencing the joy of fireworks!
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