Analysis of Willow Lake
Daniel Millard 1976 (Medford, OR)
His tongue
Lapping up Willow Lake
Made ripples
I rode them
To the base of the mountain
Where I sat on my throne
A stump rising
From the water
King for a day
My face beaming
Kissed by the sun
My hair made golden
From there I watched
Two beautiful creatures
Walking together
Rejoicing in the wonder
Beneath and before them
Their voices
Bouncing over the lake
Echoing
Up the mountain
Then stillness
A snapshot of a moment
In our time
On our paths
The three of us
Together
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIGEEJKHHDLBGEMNOPMH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 10111 110 111 1011010 111111 0110 1010 1101 1110 1101 11110 1111 110010 10010 0100010 010011 110 101001 100 1010 110 011010 0101 1101 0111 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 443 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 27 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 380 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 89 |
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