Analysis of THE DEADLY WATERS
Fish avoid the forest
In this deadly world,
Swimming in the waters.
But even the water
Holds lethal surprises,
Carnivorous weeds.
Seaweed pounces
Shooting out lethal stalks,
Capturing passing piscine.
Underwater vines
Grab passing amphibians,
Strangling them to death.
Then devour their prey
Before retracting again,
Appearing harmless.
Crustaceans may seem safe
But vines can grab them,
Smashing them on rocks.
With their shells cracked open
Vines feed upon their white meat,
Gorging themselves.
Seabirds fly over
Looking for fish below,
Diving to make a kill.
But all too often
As the birds hit the water,
Hungry reeds grab them.
Thirsty animals
Drink at the edge of the water,
Ever watchful.
But occasionally
Seaweed manages to grab
The drinking beasts.
Squealing in terror
The animals are dragged below
Drowned then eaten.
Humans need to drink
Are careful not to fall in,
Or be grabbed by weeds.
Usually drinking at night
When the sea plants sleep,
Humans rarely caught.
On a verdant world
Deadly trees, vines, seaweed,
Are evil carnivores.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | XAB CXD BXE XXX XEX XFX EXX CGX ECF XCX XXX CGE XED XXX AXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010 01101 100010 110010 110010 01001 11 101101 100101 1001 1100100 100111 101011 0101001 01010 010111 11111 10111 111110 1101111 101 1110 101101 101101 11110 1011010 10111 10100 11011010 1010 101000 110011 0101 10010 01001101 1110 10111 1101110 11111 10001011 10111 10101 10101 10111 11010 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,076 |
Words | 179 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
The final poem in my Verdant Planet quadrilogy.
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Written on June 06, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 06, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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