Analysis of Auburn Diminishes
Leaves fall and clutter surroundings.
All the while, seasons pounding.
One fades while another betrays.
Winter is taking my autumn away.
Foliage becoming more barren,
The question becomes when.
How long before beauty is stripped?
And I'm left with land beaten as if whipped.
When will auburn turn to white?
When will bitter cold possess the night?
When will my favorite season pass?
Too quickly, too promptly, as it always has.
Winter is bland in my estimation,
When color has gone into hibernation.
Spring will bring color blooming.
But, my precious bloody auburn is 6 months looming.
I revel in what my senses allow.
Beautiful view and perpetually aroused.
For, I am merely a victim of circumstance
My precious Autumn leaving is not left to chance.
Inevitability leaving unfortunately,
Why does my beloved season escape me.
History is repetitive and redundant.
My gorgeous Fall leaving is punishment.
Soon, very soon, winter will arrive.
Moods, attitudes, and human spirits rarely thrive.
Grim and gloomy and a marker of change.
My gorgeous view will leave me deranged.
Bewilderment at the lack of color
Precious Autumn has left, for something duller.
Visual sensations a thing of the past.
Time and time again, my elusive autumn has passed.
Scheme | XAXX BXCC DDXX BBAA XXEE FFGG HHXX IIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (38%) |
Metre | 11010010 1011010 11101001 1011011001 10010110 010011 11011011 0111110111 1110111 111010101 111100101 1101101111 101101010 1101101010 1111010 111010101110 1100111001 100100100001 11110010110 110101011111 0001001001000 1110110011 100101000010 1101101100 110110101 11001010101 1010001011 110111101 0100101110 10101111010 10001001101 1010110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,212 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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