Analysis of A New Fairy Tale Begins



Way back in the shade of a spreading oak tree
In a wood where the vines are quite dense
Stands a cute little cottage with thatch on the roof
blue walls and a white picket fence

Each day at dawnsbreak the house comes alive
with the sounds of laughter and cheer
Soon the odor of breakfast is aloft on the breeze
There is love there that much is clear

The sweetest of fairies then flits off with a smile
full of joy she will spread fairy dust
On the meadows and brooks, the forests and streams
Sharing joy, she can't help it, she must

While a smiling young gnome tends the house and the yard
His green thumb has gained much repute
He grows berries and corn, tomatoes and figs
and some orchids, 'cause she thinks they're cute

One day came the news, the fairy's with child
The magical realm was quite shocked
For a pairing like this had never born fruit
but for nine months she knitted and rocked

Yes a gnome called Bartholamew met a fairy named Amethyst
and love bloomed like a magical flower
They married and soon as nature saw fit
thrice blessed was the house of Fitzpower


Scheme ABXB XCXC XDXD XEXE XFEF XXXA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11001101011 001101111 101101011101 11001101 111101101 10111001 1010110101101 11111111 010110111101 111111101 1010101001 101111111 101011101001 11111101 11100101001 011011111 111010111 01001111 10101111011 111111001 1011110101100 0111010010 1100111011 1110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,047
Words 202
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 143
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted by CoachSpivey on July 10, 2014

Modified on March 09, 2023

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Brian Spivey

I've been writing for nearly 40 years. It's been a good ride. Hope you enjoy. I have one series of poems that should be read together. "A Sad Fairy Tale", "Happily", "A New Fairy Tale Begins", and "The Result of True Love". As the Staler Brothers sang "Some I wrote for money, some I wrote for fun, some I wrote and threw away, and never sang for anyone. One I wrote for Mama, and a couple still aren't through, I've lost track of all the rest but the most I wrote for you." Enjoy. more…

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