Analysis of Bright Birds
Deceptive, drowsy,
the gray cat, Tempus, in doldrums
lazes, purring, stretching.
I have watched him.
Cunning eyes half-closed
he stalks bright birds in the garden,
near day lilies.
The birds swoop and glide, flutter,
wings wet from flights
through the sprinkler's sweeps.
They light on dry grass,
strut and shake themselves,
are lulled. Then,
Tempus pounces on one bird.
The rest are routed.
And Tempus fugit.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010 0111010 11010 1111 10111 11110010 1110 0110110 1111 1011 11111 10101 111 11111 01110 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 394 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 322 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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