Analysis of Ants



Mapping by timeless instinct,
ants store inspiration.
Finding their trail as distinct,
ants work navigation.

Digging nests and piling food,
ants show fine ambition.
Aiding their bit neighborhood,
ants earn a commission.

Transforming keen histories,
ants use aggregation.
Counting up their mysteries,
ants like motivation.

Thumping out great colonies,
ants face extirpation.
Safeguarding their destinies,
ants need mediation.

Preserving the nuisance pest,
ants remain a creature.
Conducting facts for the best,
ants act as the teacher.

Nurturing ants, although rife,
for this all awaken.
Slaughtering their single life,
ants are all forsaken.


Scheme ABAB XBXB CBCB CBCB DEDE FBFB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1011010 11010 1011101 111010 1010101 111010 101110 110010 0101100 111 1011100 11010 1011100 111 101100 11010 0100101 101010 0101101 111010 100111 111010 1001101 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 618
Words 92
Sentences 12
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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