Analysis of Danger Is Stalking
Hush, hush, little one,
Lay still in your nest.
Danger is stalking
On winds from the west.
If you are to live,
You must heed what I say,
The killer approaches,
And you are his prey.
I can protect you,
With secrets I've learned.
But you must pay attention,
There's no second turn.
Lay still in the shadows
Till the creature has passed.
He's stalking down wind,
Dont make a sound.
He won't hear you trembling
In your nest on the ground.
He mauls them and rips them,
And leaves them alive.
Though their hearts are still beating,
They never survive.
So listen to me,
And do what I say,
And you can pass this advice
To your babies someday.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHAIJKLMCMNDCDOEPE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 11011 10110 11101 11111 111111 010010 01111 11011 11011 1111010 11101 11001 101011 11011 1101 1111100 011101 111011 01101 1111110 11001 11011 01111 0111101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 636 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 487 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
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wildlife advice
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