Analysis of An April Snow
A walk in the wood on a snowy April day
Large gentle flakes holding Spring at bay
The newly green growth now hidden from sight
Suddenly-unexpectedly a glistening white
A robin flitted from branch to branch
Nosily protesting this snow of chance
New life -that had patiently waited to begin
Had to wait a little longer for the past to end
| Scheme | AABB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 010011010101 110110111 0101111011 100010001001 01011111 10101111 111110010101 1110101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
I actually was walking in the wood and the scene came upon me and quickly wrote the poem- a gift
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