Analysis of Crows
Crows
A pair of old crows rebuking
With pitiful glances tolerating
No one
Seeking instead to wreak havoc
On other birds' nests
Of life knowing nothing
Seeking only the reflective shimmer
Of gold.
| Scheme | ABBCDEBFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 1 01111010 110010100 11 10011110 11011 111010 1010001010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 187 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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