Analysis of Fly on the Window
Fly on the window, it died long ago
The front door was open
But it didn't know.
What spark of energy, flows in a fly
That makes it so fearless
Of having to die?
Against the pane we can't escape
Don't build your world
With a wall of hate.
| Scheme | ABACDCEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 1101011101 011110 11101 1111001001 111110 11011 01011101 1111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
About this poem
This is one of the first poems that I wrote about a little fly that died on our living room window.
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Written on October 20, 1960
Submitted by danielafreedman on February 27, 2022
Modified on April 06, 2023
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