Analysis of Ice- Be Or Die



Ice-Be Or Die
Ice-cream fire
Leak and go!
I scream: “Mire!” –
Fighting woe;

Mighty pythons
Curling round:
Follow fighting –
To the ground!..

Piling beasts of
Mindful flesh:
Growling fists you
Use to crash

Formal nightmare
Of a kind –
You’re aware
Of the grind!..

Mares rush at
Night and dark:
Eyelashes
Rise for luck;

Stay awaken –
Sit and lie:
Wonder-maker
Be, or die!..


Scheme ABCXC DEXE XXXX FGFG XXDX XABA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (72%)
Metre 1111 1110 101 111 101 101 101 1010 101 1011 101 1011 111 101 101 101 101 111 101 10 111 1010 101 1010 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 367
Words 67
Sentences 5
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted on December 22, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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