Analysis of inside the walled garden



inside the walled garden

jungle bees and butterflies,
antennaed and velvet-skinned

summer-laden seed pods,
green in the sunlight

fuzzysweet impatiens
curious froglings

rain splattered earth
and a bluestone pathway

leading to the gate.


Scheme X AX XX XA XX X
Poetic Form Etheree  (60%)
Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 010110 101010 10101 101011 1001 1010 1001 1101 0011 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 225
Words 33
Sentences 2
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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