Analysis of Delaware Valley
Delaware Valley
Father toiled hard with his hands in the valley of the four seasons.
Now given to the land blessed by heaven, lends hope was his reason.
The workings of man are but like the pollination of bees to flowers.
From the rising of the sun to the growing of dark, he laboured by the hours.
In the Delaware early dawn, a new peach pit remains to be born.
As bark curls with ragged edges, waits for the bud to transform.
He prunes back the dead limbs to bring life in the orchards domain.
Gifted in work, he applies his craft in pride of task and not for fame.
The peach tree blossoms in beautiful floral wide spread cerise.
Nature dresses the awaking of leaves with an absent of disease.
The fruit of the peach ripens under the sunlight in morning red.
The flesh of the fruit flows in the pulp, hung delicately by a thread.
Wildflowers budding in the early spring as fresh smells fill the air.
Yet without the sweet peach in the valley, scents would not be as fair.
There will be a lasting image of my father in the vale of the peach trees.
Now, it is I with my son looking at the legacy father passed down to me.
Scheme | AXXBB XXXX XCDD EECA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 1011111001010110 1101011110111110 01011111001011110 1010101101011111010 0010101011101111 111110101101101 111011111001001 10011011101110111 011100100101101 101001111110101 01101110010101 01101100111000101 11000101111101 1010110010111111 1110101011100011011 11111111010100101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,105 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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