Analysis of THE BLUE CARPET

JP. 1948 (United Kingdom)



THE BLUE CARPET

Mrs Oak was fed up and needed a change
The wood had woke early and it felt a bit strange
Mrs Silver-Birch bathed in the early spring light
And she had to agree something was not quite right
The footpath was barren though it was still green
As they both rustled leaves in the chill of the scene
What we need is some colour a reason to look
Claimed young Aspen and Rowan when twigs gently shook

Where is he today? The king of the glade
Five hundred years old Mrs Holly conveyed
Oh he’s sowing his acorns of that I’ve no doubt
And I’m stuck in this forest we never go out
The forest seems drab and its colour we need
Yet the king of the trees is out sowing seed
Have him put down some roots, keep him right here
Mrs Holly put forward with a spiky dark sneer

The year clock was ticking the snow came and went
A zephyr was wandering the trees branches bent
The clouds in formation were shedding soft rain
And a canopy sheltered the ground just the same
No one noticed his coming the return of the king
As he put forth the edict where choral birds sing
On the floor of the forest where the sun’s fingers play
Mrs Oak had a new carpet of bluebells in a day


Scheme X AABBCCDD EEFFGGXX HHXXIIJJ
Poetic Form
Metre 0110 10111101001 011110011011 101011001011 011101101111 0111011111 11111001101 11111101011 111001011101 1110101101 11011101001 111011011111 011011011011 0101101111 10110111101 1111111111 1010110101011 01111001101 010110001101 01001001011 001001001101 1110110001101 111101011011 1011010101101 1011011011001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,152
Words 232
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 232
Words per stanza (avg) 58
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