Analysis of The King and his Bride
Gisela Vigil 1959 (Cuba)
To satisfy his palate,
his mortal whims and desires
even those he only mentions
in a whisper,
she runs to the grove,
picks up the ripest of berries,
tomatoes from the vine.
She has cultivated each seed
as best she could to prevent hardship.
Weeding out that which may
cause the fruit to spoil.
Prepare, she does
a meal upon his platter
befitting of a King
with touches that would spark envy
amongst the noblest of men.
Will he thrill with the sweetness of the berries?
Our savor the richness of the spices?
When meal is served,
he senses not her effort.
Detects no touch of sweetness
nor ripeness in the fruit
from vines that she had pruned.
Then in a royal rage Kings lifts his arm
sending platter to the floor.
She picks up the broken plate.
Tears fall upon the meal
like dash of sprinkled salt.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLDMNOFLPQRSTUVWXY |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 11010010 10111010 0010 11101 1101110 010101 1110011 111110110 101111 10111 0111 0101110 010101 11011110 0101011 11110101010 10100101010 1111 1101010 0111110 11001 111111 1001011111 1010101 1110101 110101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 815 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 633 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 148 |
About this poem
May be a true story of what we don’t see behind closed doors.
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Written on 2010
Submitted by Giselavigil on December 28, 2023
Modified by Giselavigil on December 29, 2023
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