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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