Analysis of Lily-Belle
Nature's creation hovers
in humming bird motion
ethereal in Fairy-Dragon's dream
mid-summer breezes, so serene
They congregate around the
once azure pool, pristine
Now unkempt, neglected,
turned algae-ridden green
but still humming with life
as thirsty wasps and hungry Swallows
quench and feed.
A meeting place, they congregate,
the damsels in their Scarlet finery
Dragon flies preen in electric teals
and Colbalt blues
Such rendezvous' in
'Houdini-style' clinches... Ooh !
The original Helicopter creation
hovers, zipping, darting,
sparking off reflective light
glinting in pastel rainbow hues
magnetised in the glimmer, caught unawares
suddenly, her feather-light wings
clip the weighted water, dragging her in
akin to being lodged in cement
a fallen fairy - 'Lily-Belle'
a damsel in distress!
Spread-eagled seaplane afloat
her wispy wings an artwork
in stained-glass windows
segmented, segregated
from the others that look on helplessly...
Just like so many others before her
in the futile waiting game
of fading into blackness...
at the brink, when from nowhere
a sudden sweep of the net,
the old passer-by retrieves her
from her impending fate
left aside, as the warm glow of the sun
and gentle breezes enrobe,
dispersing moisture
the gift of a new lease of life!
slowly spreading her wings,
she quivers, feeling airy and light,
her awaiting buddies rejoice
as once again, she takes flight...
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010 010110 0100010101 11010101 110010 110110 101010 110101 111011 110101010 101 0101110 010110100 101100101 011 1100 0101101 00100100010 101010 1010101 1000111 10010101 10001011 1010101000 011101001 01010101 010001 11101 010111 01110 10100 1010111100 1111010010 0010101 1100110 101111 0101101 01101010 100101 1011011101 010101 01010 01101111 101001 11101001 00101001 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,408 |
Words | 237 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 47 |
Lines Amount | 47 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 218 |
About this poem
After retrieving dragon flies/damsel flies out of the swimming pool so often, I wrote a few lines on a whim!
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