Analysis of Ash

Seema Ali

Sonnet
Sultry and delicate
Dark and poignant
Ascetic and Grinnell
I am ash
I am not trash!

Scheme ABCDD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (40%)
Metre 100100 1010 010001 111 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 85
Words 18
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on November 23, 2023

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