Analysis of Elephant Armageddon
Gerard Malanga 1943
They return to the site whence they came with eyes tearful,
with psalms trumpeting the air.
They stand ever so watchful;
guarding the graves of their ghosts and their kind.
They shall not forget. They shall not want.
They lie down in green silky pastures
and finding their way to the still waters.
They restore and nourish their soul.
They walk through the dark valleys; always the shadows
of death lurking behind them.
Always striding till they reach the comforting light.
They fear no evil. Man fears.
They forage for food and they eat amongst their enemies
because they fear not. They are the happiest.
The honey is under their tongue.
The winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
Their hearts awaken. They know no violence.
Even in the waning light they tower over all else.
They are the landscape. They are the trees.
They throw up the dust in their dance. The skies become misty.
They rise up and lead each other away into the dusk.
Scheme | ABACDEEFGHIJKLMNOPKQR |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011011111110 1110001 1110110 1001111011 111011111 111011010 0101110110 10101011 1110110101 1110011 11011101001 1111011 11011011011100 01111110100 01011011 010110111001 11010111100 10001011101011 11011101 11101011010110 11101110010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 952 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 746 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 175 |
About this poem
NYTimes headline for September 4th 2012: Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy As Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits
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Written on 2017
Submitted by Drone232 on August 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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