Analysis of The Seed
Margaret Burns 1972
Looking up at the sky, twisting and turning, it sank into the earth, several grains at a time,
It looked up at talons and beaks that swooped in and upward towards the sky.
It looked up at the darkness, unable to twist and turn, feeling cold damp grains of darkness.
It slept, and it slept, and slept..
Then the time came and the seed looked up at the sky, and it was colorful and bright. It looked down and saw ground where it used to be. It looked out and saw it had become a beautiful blossom. It saw a bird, then a bee, and it was finally free.
| Scheme | X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110110010110101101101 111110011100100101 1111010010110110111110 1101101 101100111101011100011110111111111101110101001011011010111001 |
| Characters | 543 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 84 |
| Words per line (avg) | 22 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on January 24, 2021
Modified on April 14, 2023
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