Analysis of River Ride
In the dream
I was aboard paddlewheel
Steaming jungle at riverbank.
sounds of mynah bird, parrot
Squawking rudely
Aggressively.
As if they would spoil the ride.
Shake up the calm water bearing.
Crocodile, bumpy rock
Eyes showing at surface
Observant or snoozing?
Biding his time for a buffet.
Scream of tiger
Cuts the air
And then the gruntings
Some quadruped being strangled.
And the damp, hot air
Strangling this riverboat guy.
Weeks after monsoons.
Shaking of the leg
Dropping of a pillow
Snorting, twice.
Gritty eyes squinting.
Alarm clock failed me.
Calculus college exam in
Forty minutes.
A biggy mid-term.
Have to phone Jerry
For a lift.
Bye bye jungle River.
Bye bye sub-continent.
Still hearing that mynah.
Scheme | XAXBAAXCXDCBEFDXFXX XAXCGHXXGXEXH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001 11011 1010110 111110 1010 0100 1111101 11011010 10101 110110 010110 10111010 1110 101 0101 111010 00111 1001101 11001 10101 101010 101 10110 01111 10010010 1010 0111 11110 101 111010 111100 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 19, 13 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Written on March 23, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 23, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on March 23, 2023
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