Analysis of Peaceful Evening



The doves flew slowly to the old elm tree
and there perched on a gnarled limb.
They cooed and preened til they fell asleep
as the setting sun grew dim.
A brown chubby rabbit hopped lazily along
toward the cozy shelter of home;
probably singing a happy song
or reciting a soothing poem.
Somewhere a cricket chirped, a bullfrog croaked,
and the stately owl with great yellow eyes just stared.
He, in his speckled brown suit, was cloaked
as he studied the possibilities of E=MC2.
Bass bobbed to the surface for their evening meal
causing circular ripples to appear.
The ripples grew broader but weaker in zeal
and finally they just disappeared.
The sun walked slowly down the western stairs,
til  just its crown could be seen,
and at last it stepped out of sight of the players
as night strode into the scene.


Scheme ABCBDEDFGGGHIJIGKLML
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0111010111 0111011 110111101 1010111 011010110001 010101011 100100101 101001010 10101011 001011110111 101101111 111000100110 11101011101 1010010101 01011011001 01001101 0111010101 1111111 011111111010 1110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 787
Words 144
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 646
Words per stanza (avg) 145
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Submitted by Snodeel on July 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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