Analysis of falling leaves
Kira McAndrew(Shoemaker) 1986 (Savannah, Georgia)
A crumbled leaf has fallen,
And where it seems to crack quietly.
Then to lay there half been broken.
To be happy, lonely.
Where the cold ruffles of the leaves,
Begins to bring in the new fall
Of the warm embrace that keeps
But never stops to make a call.
They begin to make a helpless cry,
May it come to the freezing grounds
That makes a dreadful lie.
Soon to hear that awful sound.
Will they break before they drop,
The trees will soon be bare
And then be able to stop
This empty space beyond despair.
Scheme | ABABCDEDFGFHIJIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110 011111100 11111110 111010 10110101 01110011 1010111 11011101 101110101 11110101 110101 1111101 1110111 011111 0111011 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 489 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 394 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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