Analysis of The Red Ridges LXVII
Hems! Ijendu, have you finished mending the freezer?
You must take care that our fishes may be well preserved
You must save for today and tomorrow, home and abroad
You should have a ready reckoner in your head
Have you oiled and fueled the generator?
Have you changed the plugs and the change overs switches
This business does not tolerate breaks in transmission
The trawlers are coming in and the drag nets are heavy
Its your fish to freeze, fry, dry and market
Its your price to fix, try, manage and adjust
Its your pond to build, grow, harvest and recycle
Its your river to invest in, divert, catch and pool resources
Into co-operatives and interactives that trade well
Into recipes and menus that count the hours good
Like the adventurous point and kill and take home
Like the tell tale pepper soup and skillful cutleries
So here is your show case and air-conditioned eatery
Be careful how you charge the idle times that waste
Be mindful how you manage the crowded times that sell
That no teeth may be broken trying to smile over a meal
Scheme | AXXX ABXC XXXX DXXB CXDX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010010 11111101011101 1111010011001 1110101011 1110100100 111010011010 110111010010 01011000011110 1111111010 11111110001 111111100010 1110101001101100 011100001111 01100010110101 100100101011 10111010101 11111101010100 110111010111 1101110010111 111111010111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,021 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on August 26, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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