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 |
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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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