Analysis of Lily
Andy Lyle 1951 (Londonderry)
How proud your stamen stands
With crown of pollen gold
Erupting from your petals
What beauty I behold
Your leaves upwards pointing
To your Maker in the sky
I stand transfixed oh Lily
To paint you I must try
But how to find the palette
To mix the colours true
Will be a task to try me
Only perfection will do
For pollen I'll use sunshine
Your petals driven snow
Some envy your leaves to colour
For your stem the earth will go
But to achieve your beauty
You really should be there
Growing in my garden
So I can stand and stare
Scheme | X A X A X B C B X D C D X E D E C F X F |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11111 111101 101110 110101 111010 1110001 1101110 111111 1111010 11011 1101111 1001011 110111 110101 1101111 1110111 1101110 110111 100110 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 20 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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