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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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