Analysis of The Marshfield Fox
Across the dew covered sedge
We squeaked our way to a form-
A reddish form- perceived beyond
The growth of nearby rushes.
Where siskins sang from various
Bushes at the bottom of a brae
As we traversed a frog-spawned
Surface.
We were but kids as free as the clouds
Above...the Marshfield then was an Eden
For us but sometimes I think that after our
Demise it will be a heavenly abode or at
Least our ghosts will traverse its acres.
However, our interest, then, was a dead fox
Shot overnight by someone who removed
Its tongue in pursuit of cash, a young fox-
A vixen, filling me with sadness which
Brought me to tears...an experience
Still vivid across the passage of
Seventy plus years.
Scheme | XXXX AXXA XXXXX BXBXXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 0101101 11101101 01010101 0111110 1111100 101010101 1110011 10 101111101 1111110 111011111010 0111101000111 1101110110 10101011011 110111101 1100111011 0101011101 11110100 110010101 10011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on February 23, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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