Analysis of As when the bull is butchered
As when a bull is butchered,
the eyes haunt,
those eyes...
The knife cuts smoother and faster
but the ox is still,
beyond understanding
Just as he served,
ferried man, beast and burden
for the shadows
The bull is still
cut in cubes for soup and stews
as in blood dreams
The fire is furious
and pots yell at each stir
in vicarious pains
The ox is calm.
His ancestors consent
in earthen pots.
| Scheme | XXX ABX XXX BXX XAX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110 011 11 01110010 10111 01010 1111 1011010 101 0111 1011101 1011 0101100 011111 001001 0111 11001 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 385 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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