Analysis of My Better Half
As the rain falls on my thatched roof,
I panic, for there'll be some leakage on the floor;
Helter skelter I run about,
Placing the calabashes on the usual spots.
Wrapped in the thread bone wrapper on the bamboo bed
you left behind,
I reminisce on the times we spent in the twilight,
Playing and dancing to the tunes of the drum beaters,
Coupled with the noise of the crickets.
At dawn, the cock will crow;
Then I recall your warm embrace,
Your confident and reassuring smile,
Revealing your gaped tooth,
And on your powerful shoulders,
You would want me,
Telling me, "No one else can replace your better half."
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMHNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111 1101101110101 10101101 1001101001 100111010011 1101 10110111001 1001010110110 101011010 110111 1111101 110000101 010111 01110010 1111 101111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 595 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 480 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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