Analysis of The Fisher King
Where will he flee to this royal petit....
When the earth is scorched, and the trees are torched.
No rivers or rills and the life that they bring.
Where Naiads languished in watery beds
The once serene home of the Fisher King
Bedight in malachite, azure and peach....
Diminutive jewel from sparkling pools
He's much in need of the life-giving springs.
Struggling to survive and remain alive,
In the dwindling world of the Fisher King
On not so many nights does the god of rivers
lay his dewy cheek on the steaming earth.
All around him stratus forming, storming.
The blood of life for tall falls and fountains
In this dying land of the Fisher King
As hot winds blow it breaks his sweet repose.
When Naphelai goes, so goes the cool rains,
and the kith and kin of water and wing.
The dark shade of the king sits silently.
No more is the realm of the Fisher King
Scheme | AXBXB XXXXB XXBXB XXBAB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111111010 1011100111 11011001111 111001001 0101110101 1011001 0100101101 1101101101 10010100101 00100110101 111101101110 1110110101 1011101010 0111111010 0110110101 1111111101 11111011 0010111001 0111011100 1110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 862 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
About this poem
On my travels one of my favorite birds to see was this tiny Malachite Kingfisher. I thought the world would be a lesser place if climate change destroyed this lovely little bird's home.
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