Analysis of Winter Wear

Corey Larson 1977 (Omaha)



What is it to be content?
I think  I've never been.
I've very rarely felt at ease,
neath this crawling skin.
Words of wisdom , words of weigh,
Celebrate this ripe decay,
 I ignore the come what may.
I hide out from the gray.


Scheme ABCBDDDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110 111101 11010111 11101 1110111 101101 1010111 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 225
Words 50
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 45

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Written on January 08, 2021

Submitted by CoreyLarson6168 on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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