Analysis of Spring and Flower



Spring and Flower

I once heard a bird
sing
In a tree
But where is me

Buried under the barren
Earth, but
I will flower
Even when death
Marches over
Me

This is me
A flower
And no power outlasts me


Scheme A XXBB XXAXAB BAB
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 11101 1 001 1111 1010010 11 1110 1011 1010 1 111 010 011011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 197
Words 44
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 6, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Written on June 12, 2014

Submitted by Poetry@80 on March 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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