Analysis of Dwarven Flea Market



Like a dragon quenching his thirst
it burns the water, hissing scream of steam;
the Hoffman steam polisher interrupts my thought
even while I shine the gleaming bracelet of gold.

In this windowless confine of the flea market, stay I must,
where the rays of sun and moon refuse to beam.
Even while those around me dream of jewelries bought,
I, a Tolkien's elf, lament amongst the dwarves of old.

Each jewelry booth, like a cave of a legend,
has a guardian dragon that fumes and hisses;
and in the Latin music shop,
beyond the row of Chinese porcelain figurines,
salsa beats the heart.


Scheme XAXB XAXB XXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10101011 1101010111 010110111 101110101011 011000110110111 10111010111 10110111111 101101010111 110011011010 101001011010 00010101 010110110001 10101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 571
Words 104
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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