Analysis of Gilbert and the Spiritual Ghost (6/10)



(Continued from 5/10)

When Gilbert reaches
the other side of the flying river
(as if the water was not flowing
But, remained still and seem
the boat was not floating on it
but flying),
while stepping down,
he asked the one eyed helmsman,
“how do I go back to my
home?”

The helmsman replied
in his usual voice,
“time travels fast,
thus the whispers of the forest,
I will know what to do next.”

Thus he took farewell and
approaches the dark forest-
unknown birds chirping,
wild wind was blowing,
coyotes were howling from the distant
even during the day
(because inside the dark forest,
it is so dark and it seems
always night).

He was afraid, but not that much
afraid, when his sisters face
was flashing before his eyes-
thus he took bold steps to
reach the destination.

(Pure fiction.
Any similarity should be treated as mere coincidence.)


Scheme X XXAXXAXXXX XXXBX XBAAXXBXX XXXXC CX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 11010 0101101010 110101110 101101 01111011 110 1101 110111 1111111 1 0101 011001 1101 10101010 1111111 11110 0100110 01110 11110 0100101010 101001 01010110 1111011 11 11011111 0111101 1100111 111111 10010 110 1001001110110100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 890
Words 188
Sentences 8
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 10, 5, 9, 5, 2
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted by hakikur on January 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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