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.
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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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