Analysis of The Duck
Faded brown kimono flapping
in the newly chilled wind,
the bent and dry skinned woman
creeps beside the pond.
She is wandering
in a windowpane of thought.
Stooping where minuscule waves
meet the too-large shore,
her oversized wedding ring
slips carelessly to the ground.
It will be retrieved by someone with elastic skin
and silken threads.
Crumbling bread in her hand,
she throws it on the water's metallic surface
and watches as a swan and duck indulge in battle
for its life giving rights.
Her chapped lips curve into a secret smile
as the duck squawks its victorious cry.
Scheme | ABCDAEFGAHIJKLMNOP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 001011 0101110 10101 11100 001011 101101 10111 010101 1100101 111011110101 0101 1001001 111101001010 0101010101010 111101 0111010101 1011101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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