Analysis of Off Spring Of Spring



Nature becomes "giddy"
with offspring of Spring.
In a "simple ditty"
she lets sparrows sing.
Nature becomes "pretty"
with offspring of Spring.
In a "garden city"
she sprouts fairy ring.
Nature becomes "flighty"
with offspring of Spring.
In a "high and mighty"
she lifts hearts on wing.
Nature becomes "skitty"
with offspring of Spring.
In a "Walter Mitty"
she gives dreams a fling.
Nature becomes "witty"
with offspring of Spring.
In a "nitty-gritty"
she crafts everything.


Scheme aBabaBabaBabaBabaBab
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 100110 1111 001010 11101 100110 1111 001010 11101 100110 1111 001010 11111 10011 1111 00101 11101 100110 1111 001010 1110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 454
Words 76
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 367
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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