Analysis of Drought
Hordes of cattle lay lifeless on the streets,
lush green crops had withered in meek submission,
succulent fruits on tree branches had died a gruesome death,
a trio of birds had forgotten to chirp their daily rhymes,
predecessors of the ophidian had sunk deep beneath cocoons of soil,
dense foliage of green was now reduced to threadbare strips of brittle brown,
crystal white streams of the mountain had dried in their roots,
mighty perennial rivers could now be sighted as fetid pools of shallow water,
gallons of saline liquid had evaporated from the oceans,
glistening surface of barren rock boiled in tumultuous fury of the sun,
tantalizing mirages loomed large at steaming patches of road,
the ground was strewn with sizzling pancakes resting on embers of red coal,
rotund island of fuming sun smiled brutally all day,
long wires of cable had started to melt in the heat,
desires for thirst soared to gigantic proportions,
spots of shade were a rare treat to witness in the nerve-wrecking heat,
dirty brown lizards swished their tongues viciously in disdain,
levels of mercury reached astronomical heights in the day,
with little respite in the abhorrent sultry night,
the sky hadnt wept since times immemorial,
there was not a droplet of free water availaible to quench my thirst,
it seemed as if god had forgotten to bless the earth with rain,
penalizing millions of human on earth for their catalogue of misdeeds,
with savage strokes to encounter the brunt of drought.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110101 11111001010 10011110110101 01111010111101 100101111010111 1101111011111101 1011101011011 1001001011110110111010 1010110101001010 1001011011010010101 100010111101011 01111100110110111 01101101110011 11011011011001 0101111010010 1110011110001101 10110111100001 101100101001001 1101000010101 0111110100 111010111011111 111111010110111 10010110111110101 110110100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,477 |
Words | 247 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,205 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 248 |
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