Analysis of Okinawa's song
Red hibiscus wave in hot breezes
On a canvas of sky, too blue for my eyes.
Lion-dogs guard red-tiled roofs
Children bounce a ball on concrete streets.
Pungent smells change minute to minute
Pig droppings then soba noodles
overtaken by thick salt air.
A weathered man and child shift along,
pulling seaweed from dry coral flats
As low tide pushes quiet waves onto sharp reefs.
The music of the island, a timeless pulse.
To hear it's song, stop the monotonous grindstone.
Don't speak, Don't move, listen with every bone.
The rhythm of life speaks in this place.
Hibiscus flowers whisper, children laugh,
Seaweed rustles in wrinkled brown hands,
Soft waves lull the giant reefs to sleep.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLLMNOP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110 10101111111 1011111 101011011 101110110 1101110 1001111 010101101 10111101 111101011011 01010100101 11111001001 11111011001 010111011 11010101 1101011 111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 546 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted on September 04, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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