Analysis of A stowaway silly fish

AMG 1980 (Lagos)



Alas! My silent wish
Manifested punches of nonplus
Here comes a lost vehicle
In which my destiny awaits

Swiftness, he wasted not
It only took an effort, a leap, a thud
And so sately, whistled his way
Through tempest unrest

He shall be back in the water today
When his belly can't hold the hunger at bay
More sillily  he thought of his tattyness
Who would help him back on this boat

He is now so far from home
Yearning to be back in his dome
A comfort he took for granted
And to heaven he chanted

His boat sways and rocks
Then kissed a poor floe to death
He opened his jaded eyes
To greet the day, the sea and the breeze

Pronto to his faithful woes
Which flawlessly haunts his daydream
Depleting the hope he got left
Like a restless time feeding on poor souls

Ahoy fish!
Here we suckle on your miseries
We are not the demon
But a watchful crow


Scheme ABXB XCDX DDBX EECX BXBB BXXB ABXX
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 1001011 1101100 01110001 101101 11011100101 0111011 11001 1111001001 11101101011 1111111 11111111 1111111 10111011 01011110 0110110 11101 1101111 1101101 110101001 1011101 1100111 01001111 1010110111 011 111011100 111010 10101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 849
Words 172
Sentences 3
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

A frail fish with a dream to travell the world but was later devoured by the birds that told his story

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Submitted by gabrabimbola on March 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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