Analysis of Baseball Field



An empty baseball field

Fuzzy with the end of summer

And naked with memories

(Or am I the one who's nude?)

Sprawls open in the sort of holy silence

Found only in the dusty ventricles

Of a metropolis.


Scheme X X A X X A X
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 10101110 0101100 1110111 11000111010 11000101 100100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 193
Words 39
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 22
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Written on September 08, 2021

Submitted by emp2181 on September 08, 2021

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Emily Petit

Emily Petit is a graduate of Columbia University. She lives in New York City with her cats, Serena and Butternut Squash. more…

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