Analysis of Kingfisher
Patiently waiting, watching.
Still as an hour hand.
Vibrant blue, red and yellow,
Melted into the depths
Of overhanging green.
Eruditely evading the senses
Of underwater prey.
Shadows move beneath
In swift currents of molten glass.
Sensitive to a presence
Beyond the watery realm.
Feet slip the perch.
A plummeting arrow in an emerald tunnel.
Ripples in the glaze,
A rude fusion of hunger and pain,
Lifted into earthly union.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010 111101 1011010 100101 11001 1010010 11001 1101 01101101 1001010 0101001 1101 010010011010 10001 011011001 10011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 410 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 342 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on March 19, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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