Analysis of House Boat
The straw brimmed hat bobbed on the surface of the sea,
sleek motorboats churned through white froth of water,
pearly white shark glided harmlessly beneath a plethora of marine shrub,
the sun blazed violently from behind dirty grey cloud covers,
strong pouches of wind caused the waves to rise sky high,
thereby toppling the hat into deep territories of the emerald green ocean.
high powered torch beams cut tranquil stillness of the night,
the huge mast danced tantalizingly in the breeze,
large walls of timber were coated with wax paint,
conical rooms were fitted with paraffin lamp,
there were a battalion of mice on the kitchen floor,
pungent aroma of maize whisky floated in the air,
a pandemonium of voices rose in chorused unison,
crackling fires burnt on the broad steel deck,
menacing octopus roasted on barbecue grills,
blasting tunes diffused from the programmed loudspeaker,
gentle silver light of the moon engulfed their bodies,
big drops of the salt and mineral struck them in frenzy,
the gypsies were having the time of their lives,
with several hours left before the next brilliant dawn,
and a host of sea food bubbling in red hot steam of the oven,
as the two storeyed house boat gathered spurts of speed,
galloping towards realms of the distantly stretched Black horizon.
Scheme | ABXXXC XDXXXXCXXBDAXXCXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111010101 111111110 1011101000101001011 0111000101101110 110111011111 11100010111001010110 1101111010101 01111000001 11110010111 100101011001 1000101110101 10010111010001 00100110101100 1010110111 10010101101 1010110110 1010110101110 11101010011010 01001001111 1101010101101 00111110001111010 10111110111 10001110111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,289 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 17 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 526 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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