Analysis of The Great Plastic Wild-Fire
It seems as though a year ago
Or more than a century if you like
That fair people, rich and beautiful
Laid waste to their wonderful life
I don't remember when it began
But what is plain is how it ended
And some fair panoramic record was kept
By means of clicking sadistic lenses
The people stood and watched
As mountains began to crumble
Little caring of beauty's decaying
Acting momentarily humble
Near and far they came to see
Chasing after tremblings
Touring flaming forests
Witnessing nature's endings
But now their good times are over
Their stories all at an end
For the wild-fire has burned the clover
And it's too late to make amends...
Scheme | XXAX XXXB XAXA XBXX CXCX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 1110100111 111010100 11111001 110101101 111111110 0110100111 1111001010 010101 11001110 101011010 10010010 1011111 10101 101010 1001010 11111110 1101111 1011011010 01111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 121 |
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 |
About this poem
Inspired by earthquakes and forest fires while living in California back in the late 60s... with a view into future times...
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Written on June 26, 1968
Submitted by sqs4guru on June 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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