Analysis of Nefertiti
Nefertiti means, in sum, "the beautiful one is come"
a swan-like neck and flawless face with curvaceous figure and grace
Accouterments found in cultures who are rapacious vultures
Fawning subjects succumb to her glorious aplomb
She and husband's domicile on the east bank of the Nile
Pharaoh's palace of fine splendor and incredible grandeur
Pools, courtyards and throne rooms; dazzling burial, chamber tombs
With a sumptuous lifestyle, untold riches to beguile
She was both queen and goddess, serving as the high priestess
in ceremonies religious at the Window of Appearances
Wielding enormous power, on occasions the avower
of standards specious, consequential or egregious
Nerfertiti all aglow thirty-three hundred years ago
Accustomed to regal's best, died to funereal unrest
This long forgotten mummy was reduced to what is slummy
Her battered bones you know are now scattered stones to throw
Scheme | AXXX BCXB DXCD EXAE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010100111 01110101111001 010010101101010 1010011010001 101011011101 11011100010001 11011100100101 101010110101 11110101010110 0100010101010100 1001010101001 110100101010 110110110101 01011111101 11010101011111 0101111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 882 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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