Analysis of Thistle of the Nile
Beautiful you are Thistle of the Nile
In bloom you sprout all year
Joy you bring many with smiles
The banks lay out in line for you in style
The Nile breeze blows through you all year
In silence you remain calmed like a mane on a Lion's neck
Like a babe in the arms of a mothers cuddle you won't break
Lightly you wonder off bended in the breeze of the day break
Holding onto the reeds a time you firmly grip
Lasting shortly like the noon bright shine
Daringly you move back and forth like a tip of a warrior's arrow
Dartingly you leap in spite of the ferocity of the Nile crocodile
Painlessly you gaze upon the roof of the skies
Clouds linger to hold the rains as they darken like the night
Who taught you to move to the sound of the whistle
The noise you make so much but as though so little
When the wind blows you don't bend
A melody you enjoy squeaky like life so brittle
Will you break like an eagle de-beaks itself in pain?
Stand still in train of the line of the slain
Disdained highly for none to imagine and explain
You are beautiful and brave mighty for thine
Scheme | ABXA BXCC XDXA XXEEXE FFFD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001110101 011111 1111011 0111011101 01111111 010101110110101 101001101010111 101101100011011 101001011101 101010111 11110110110110 1110110010010110 100110101101 11011011110101 111111011010 011111111110 1011111 01001011011110 1111110110101 1101101101 0110111010001 11100011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,078 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
About this poem
The beauty of the Nile described as the gem it is.
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Written on October 05, 2021
Submitted by Richardmwebesa707 on February 12, 2023
Modified on April 29, 2023
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