Analysis of Boomerang

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



Police investigating a death in Bombala
Stumbled on evidence when looking around
Next to the body of a dead sheila
A boomerang was found

Hard to imagine an aboriginal to be suspect
Not many hunters today use that weapon
Many folks in town don't expect
Suspicious platypus caught will go to prison

This story from down under sounds ridiculous
Though Aussie's from New South Wales can relate
Ya' don't know how to use a boomerang to kill a platypus
It'll come right back at you mate


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0101000101 10110011001 1101010110 01011 11010101001101 11010011110 10101101 01010111110 110111010100 111111101 11111101011010 10111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 482
Words 88
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

In memory of D.H. Lawrence

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Written on January 17, 2024

Submitted on January 17, 2024

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