Analysis of On some distant world
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
On some distant world
Which belches fire and brimstone,
Like a fiery hell.
Reddish orange world
Almost entirely gases,
Little solid ground.
A gaseous world
Far unlike the planet Earth,
Strange creatures float by.
In the swirling clouds
Like giant bell-jellyfish,
Great life forms slide by.
Drifters softly float
In the gaseous cloud banks,
On this distant world.
Hunters and killers
Feeding upon floaters and,
Eating all they kill.
Floaters slowly drift
Through hydrogen-rich layers,
Of an atmosphere.
Far distant planet
Not remotely Earth-like,
With mainly air, not land.
Soft rising floaters
Unaware of the sinkers,
Drifting far below.
Balloon-like sinkers
Drifting down toward the land,
Swept up on hot gas.
Swarmers are buzzing
Like angry bees that attack,
Anyone who goes past.
Swarmers buzz aloud
Signalling anger toward,
Hunters who dare near.
Hunters stalk swarmers
Intent to make a kill,
Yet wary of their prey.
Swarmers watch floaters
Being ruthlessly slaughtered,
By hungry killers.
Though slow to anger
When disturbed by the hunters,
Swarmers wreak havoc.
Hungry hunters watch
Ruminating swarmers,
Tempted … yet watchful.
Killers stalk drifters,
Floaters, sinkers – all about to die,
Nowhere left to flee.
A far distant world
More like Venus than our Earth,
Life and death go on.
A gaseous world
Sustaining many life forms,
Yet not life like ours.
Great balloon-like forms
Hunters, killers, and victims,
In this game of death.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | axx abx Acd xxd xxa exf xeg xxh ebx bhx xxx xxg bfx exe xex xbx edx acx Aie ixx xxx |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 1110010 101001 10101 1010010 10101 01001 1010101 11011 00101 110110 11111 10101 0010011 11101 10010 1001100 10111 10101 1100110 1110 11010 101011 110111 11010 01101 10101 0111 1010101 11111 1110 1101101 10111 1101 1001001 10111 1011 011101 110111 1110 1010010 11010 11110 1011010 1110 10101 11 10110 10110 10110111 1111 01101 11101101 10111 01001 0101011 111110 10111 1010010 01111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,453 |
Words | 239 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 63 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"On some distant world" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 27 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/99631/on-some-distant-world>.
Discuss this Phil Roberts poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In