Analysis of JOURNEY



This yellowing leaf
On my feet. Just fallen
As if separated----- unwillingly
From the tree
Laden with green leaves.

I sit on a bench
Alone, and all by myself
While the children play around
In the park.


Scheme XXAAX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11001 111110 111000100 101 10111 11101 010111 1010101 001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 202
Words 39
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 4
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Written on January 22, 2022

Submitted by vckarr17 on January 22, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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