Analysis of Deer in the Meadow
Deer in the meadow
Frost-hooves folded
‘Neath lean torsos,
Is the sleep serene?
And does the taut-strung
Muscle stay, or flee
The enmity that rustles
Like a fawn-blink in the Spring?
If a stranger wandered
Aimlessly into your ranks,
Would you be bothered by
The foreign fur against your flanks?
Deer in the meadow
Crouched in clover,
Do you sleep for long enough
To warm the ground?
And if he sensed your
Strength in numbers,
Would you linger there
Until he could be found?
Rather than run away,
Would you somehow know instead
That seven years of wisdom
Had led him like a candle to your bed?
Scheme | Axbx xxbx xcxc Axxd xxxd xexe |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 1001 1110 111 10101 01011 10111 010011 1011001 101010 1000111 111101 01010111 1001 1010 1111101 1101 01111 1010 11101 011111 101101 111101 1101110 1111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Written on 2021
Submitted by James_Kirkpatrick on December 13, 2023
Modified by James_Kirkpatrick on December 13, 2023
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