Analysis of Pictures
Mary E. McDonald 1968 (NY)
Pictures,
Reflections
reversed and plain
colored,
small figures-yet
none the same.
The faces
frozen
in a moment of time.
One by one
The faces rhyme.
Memories good
Memories bad
All forever in
"A picture".
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIHIJKLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (67%) |
| Metre | 10 010 0101 10 1101 101 010 10 001011 111 0101 1001 1001 10100 010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on February 06, 2021
Modified on March 14, 2023
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