Analysis of Offspring 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 | aBb aBb aBb aBb aBb |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
Metre | 100110 1111 00101011101 100110 1111 00101011101 100110 1111 00101011111 10011 1111 0010111101 100110 1111 0010101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 459 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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