Analysis of Poem 778
Muddy dark brown ground
Sinking as they walk around
Searching for blood worms
Digging through the soggy earth
Before the water's return
| Scheme | AABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10111 1011101 10111 1010101 0101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 131 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on July 12, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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