Analysis of Grills
When I riveted a grill of pure gold across my window; the burglars stared
unrelentingly; thinking I was overwhelmingly rich,
They whispered in inaudible tones about the wealth; they envisaged was stored
inside,
Delicately chiseled the grill with their axe; and dexterously pilfered all they could lay their hands on.
When I put a grill of silver bars across my window; the mouths of the burglars
slavered at witnessing the gleam,
They abandoned their other plans of robbery; intensely concentrating on my house,
Imagining the wonderful goods inside; and indiscriminately barged in snapping
the grill.
When I embedded a grill of immaculate ivory across my window; the burglars had
a hard time stifling their startled gasps,
They admired the rustic charm I had incorporated in an innocuous window; contemplating my real wealth,
Atrociously smashed the same with their bludgeons; to savor the taste of my hidden resources.
When I stuck a grill of scintillating and pellucid mirror across my window; the burglars were busy gazing at their reflections,
Thoroughly mesmerized by the transparent grill; the richness that lay blended in the sparkling glass,
Smashed the same into splinters using hard stone; gaining easy access into
my chamber of dreams.
When I used a grill of fragrant rosewood across my window; the burglars got
insatiably tickled by the aroma,
They didn't feel like budging an inch; drowned in the celestial aroma,
Later broke the same using slender sticks of explosives; intruded upon the
privacy of my nocturnal bedroom.
When I fixed a grill of barbed wire charged with electric current across my
window; the burglars were simply intrigued by the contrivance,
They perceived me to me astoundingly clever; pondered profoundly on
annihilating my automatic device,
Did the same with clinical precision; abhorrently transgressing through my
solitary dwelling.
It then when I decided to have no grill at all; kept the colossal space of window absolutely bare to peep,
The burglars passing didn't even notice; dismissing all thoughts of me
possessing the slightest of affluence; ridiculing my threadbare disposition,
They had other houses to sabotage on their list; it was the first time they spared me from possible harm,
And I snored blissfully all night; laughing in my dreams and saying; to stay
without a grill is far better than having one.
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| Metre | 1110001111011100101 1101101001 1100010010101101011 01 1000100111101101111111 11101110101110011010 1110001 101011011100010100111 010001001010010001010 01 110100110100100011100101 011101101 1010010111010001010010100111 1101111110011110100 11101110110011100100101011010 10010100101010111000101 10101110111010101 11011 111011101011100101 11010010 110111011100010010 10101101011010010010 100110101 1110111101101010011 100100101010010 101111010010100101 0100101001 1011100010101011 10010 111110111111100101110010111 010101010100101111 010010110010011010 1110101101111101111111001 011100111001101011 010111101101 |
| Characters | 2,349 |
| Words | 380 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 55 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 275 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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