Analysis of Leaf-games 1

Gaurav Jogesh Mehra 1975 (Mumbai)



FALLEN LEAVES PLAY DEAD
BLANKETING THE COLD WALKWAY
FEARING HARSH FOOTSTEPS


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 10111 100011 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 75
Words 11
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 65
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

How beautiful is Nature and how beautiful the games played by its smallest participants. Even a seemingly dead leaf is a painter in the canvas of this universe. I am always intrigued by the patterns they make on trees or even on the ground.

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Written on May 10, 2022

Submitted by gaurav_m on September 05, 2022

Modified by gaurav_m on September 05, 2022

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