Haiku (36-40)
36
by August vapors
quick sprung rippled flood returns
to black profundis
37
earth-and-water world's
grey dirt, your hoary hovel,
black-and-blue-skinned wasp
38
determined to tack
against the adverse headwind,
its Spanish colors
39
on the bank erect,
black-bellied whistling ducks have
claimed the man-made lake
40
grotesque noises, grunts,
nature's mean superlative,
the long-haired wild child
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Written on 2022
Submitted by James_Kirkpatrick on December 16, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB AXXX AXXB AXXX AXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 446 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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