towards the glass -- half overgrown --
towards the glass -- half overgrown --
it had brought lots of baby-shells
behind the glass -- a face to front --
two alligators pressed themselves
the dark was like a sarcophagus --
rolled up -- as a twisted fancy loaf --
its giant paw was aimly focused
on -- her female shoulder -- fond and soft
the shells were passing away from there
-- some strange affinity -- they had --
a force of current -- blind and fair --
and nothing more -- on either hand --
About this poem
the alligators were cramped behind the glass of the terrarium, but they did not know this because they loved each other
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Submitted by timur1man on January 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXX XXXX AXAX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 457 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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