Analysis of The Doe.



                                             The Doe.
                     She stood rock still, staring straight back,
                     across an open field, of verdant green grass.
                     Russet brown,  with  her Doe- eyed fear,
                     her instinct to flee, would soon pass.
                     She did not flinch, poised ready,
                     silent, in the minutes, of a hot summers day.
                     Then suddenly she took off, like a gazelle,
                     full speed, streaking across, far away.


Scheme ABCDCEFGF
Poetic Form
Metre 01 11111011 01110111011 10110111 01011111 1111110 100010101101 11001111001 111001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 557
Words 68
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 262
Words per stanza (avg) 62

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This is about a deer, I spotted early on in the year, in a field down the lane.She stood rock still then...

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Submitted by ljsanders on September 27, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Laura Sanders

I live in Dorset in the U.K.I am inspired by nature and the countryside, especially the seasons, and the weather.I write about all sorts of topics and my poems are usually rhyming, haiku or free verse. more…

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