Analysis of Irony of Life



From under the brush comes a rabbit.
It is followed by the hunter.
Where to run it doesn't know,
Away from the babies is pure instinct
To lure the hunter from the hunted
A swift motion of mouth and the hunter grabs it.
After a moment the hunter stiffens,
A scent in the air tells the hunter about is another.
The hunter is unsure of which way to go,
In a moment the hunter is snared
And the hunter became the hunted.
Thus is the irony of life.


Scheme ABCDEFGBCHEI
Poetic Form
Metre 110011010 11101010 1111101 0110101110 110101010 011011001011 1001001010 010011010011010 01010111111 001001011 001001010 11010011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 432
Words 88
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 346
Words per stanza (avg) 88
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Submitted on September 09, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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