Analysis of Feathers and Twigs
She lay on the
ground, dirt
collecting on her bones and in
her hair.
Feathers and twigs scatter
around
her as the raven builds its nest.
A gentle breeze
stirs up leaves around her.
It never served her to have a
heart of
gold.
| Scheme | AXXXBXXXB AXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 11 01010100 01 100110 01 01010111 0101 111010 11010110 11 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Written on 2017
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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