Analysis of Ahead
I once saw a bird,
'Twas a cardinal,so red.
It touched the skies with its wings,
and down it came, ahead.
Ahead of the wind,ahead of, me.
I once saw a tree,
'Twas an evergreen,so green.
Its leaves flew to the cardinal,and the cardinal flew ahead.
Ahead of the wind,ahead of, me.
I once saw a flower,
'Twas a violet,so blue.
Its petals flew to the cardinal,and the cardinal flew ahead.
Ahead of the wind,ahead of, me.
I once saw a butterfly,
'Twas a postman, so black.
It flew to the cardinal,and the cardinal flew ahead.
Ahead of the wind,ahead of...
me.
| Scheme | xaxaB bxaB xxaB xxaxb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1011 1101111 011101 0110111 11101 1111 1111010100101 0110111 111010 1011 11011010100101 0110111 111010 101011 111010100101 011011 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 537 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on April 14, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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