Analysis of Flight
Spring
baby birds and sudden green
an annual flaunting of alchemy
Home plate, again
I rest my head
you yell "batter up" and swing
Baby birds
test winter wings
forged in their magical hulls
You crack my shell
pluck off my wings
and perch me before I can fly
I watch
I envy
baby birds.
| Scheme | axb xxa Cdx xdx xbC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1 1010101 1100101100 1101 1111 1110101 101 1101 1011001 1111 1111 01101111 11 110 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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