Analysis of Kites

Donka Kristeva

Wide, colorful wings-
strings in hand, eyes high on kite,
a child's dream in flight.

Scheme ABB
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 11001 1011111 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 82
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted by donka_k on July 31, 2018

Modified on April 27, 2023

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