Analysis of Native Tongue
My father speaks in a foreign language
Experience drips from his laborious tongue
In his hands he holds some of the world
Crafting a picture a girl could not mould.
Once he falls quiet she is completely mute
He’s unveiled everything before his daily commute
A look of anticipation glistens in his eyes
When was she going to praise this wonderful guy?
Suddenly the earth is blazed in fire
Blackening the throat of all that transpire
Because the language infected every bit of life
It made skulls click-clack endlessly in time.
Satisfied, he stands up suddenly
Pats her gently, face frozen in monotony
Eventually she hears no voice but her own
So she begins mouthing her native tongue.
Scheme | XAXX BBXX CCXX DDXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001010 010011101001 011111101 1001001111 11110110101 101100111001 01100101011 111101111001 1000111010 10001111010 01010010100111 1111110001 10111100 101011000100 010001111101 1101100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 698 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on January 30, 2024
Submitted by Aurelianova on January 30, 2024
Modified by Aurelianova on January 31, 2024
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