Analysis of Bats, Trembling



Myriads of bats upside-down
Dreaming cool, fresh fruitage
My skin is crawling.

(So that is haiku. Midget messages. Often vague, and intentionally so. Most times without impact. Suggesting an intellectual pride restrained. Zero encouragement or love. Poor in poesie. Chuckle.)


Scheme XXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 10111 11110 11110101001010010001110101010101001011001001110110
Characters 293
Words 50
Sentences 11
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 1
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 56
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Written on March 15, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 15, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 15, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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