Analysis of Scavenger
A rat roams ravaging for rations
seeks shelter simmering
from a summers storm
amongst brush
bruised and blushed
he fuss and frets
until the rain lets
then scurries scuttle
and skittles away
into the darken day
daintily dazed
he manage his way
through a mouse[y] maze
and into a house
through a crack he creeps
cleverly concealed
until a meal he seeks
then out in the open
he silently streaks
towards a prize of cheese he see's
just sitting atop a wooden plate waiting
to be seized
he rushes races radically
forward
redemption
finally at hand
and upon reaching
the threshold of
success
his life ends
with a loud bang
without regret
for rats you see
it's all about
chasing
cheese
Scheme | ABCDEFFGHHIHJKLMNONABPQROSBTUVWXQYBZ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011100110 110100 10101 011 101 1101 01011 1110 01001 010101 11 11011 1011 00101 10111 10001 010111 110010 11001 01011111 11001010110 111 11010100 10 010 10011 00110 011 01 111 1011 0101 1111 1101 10 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 689 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 36 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 555 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 127 |
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