Analysis of Instincts
The stray dog on the street had an inevitable instinct to wag its bushy tail
when ecstatic,
Garrulously bark at irate trespassers; who hurled irregular stones at its shriveled persona.
The leotard skinned cat; had an insatiable instinct to lap vigorously at frosty milk,
Purr in its ubiquitously pungent voice; when tickled intensely in the ribs.
The twin horned cow; had an involuntary instinct of swishing its slender tail;
to drive away buzzing flies,
Laboriously chewed loads of grass; before preparing to snooze on the bare tarmac.
A battalion of ants on the floor; had inborn instincts of walking in groups,
Injected their acrimonious sting; the moment they sighted bare flesh in proximity.
The birds soaring high in sapphire carpets of satin clouds; had effusive instincts of chirping melodiously,
Did so at the onset of every evanescent dawn; and the unveiling of stormy night.
The slimy frogs residing in shallow realms of the cloistered pond; had a disdainful instinct to croak,
The instant tumultuous showers of rain; pelted down from the sky in fury.
A cluster of animate roses emanating from brown soil; had a perpetual instinct
to diffuse fragrance,
Sleep with its articulate petals closed; as vigils of dusk strangulated bright light.
The serrated brown lizard on the wall; had a vindictive instinct of spurting blood from its eyes,
The instants it got provoked by kin; envisaged signals of being mutilated.
The frivolous monkey perched up in the entwined branches of tree; had mischievous instincts to imitate,
As he cast his eyes on surrounding organisms; scrupulously emulating their plethora of emotions.
And humans breathing air on sacrosanct soil of the universe; had a natural instinct to love,
Mutually interact; spreading waves of harmony, bliss, and compassion,
Procreating infinite numbers of their own kind,
Irrespective of cast; creed; religion and the hour of day they were born and witnessed first rays of brilliant Sunlight
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Metre | 011101110100010111101 1010 11101111010011110010 01011110100101110001101 1011101110010001 011111010010111101 1101101 01000111101010111011 001011101111011001 0101010010101101100100 0110101001011011100101101 1110111000101000101101 0101010010110101100101011 0101001011101101010 01011001010011110010010 10110 11101010111011111 01011010110010101101111 0111011101010110100 0100101100011011110010110 111111010100100010011001010 010101110011010101001011 100001101110010010 1010100101111 0010111010001011101010111101 |
Characters | 1,943 |
Words | 314 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 64 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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