Analysis of Rolling Off The Tongue



Seasons roll off tongue,
sweet taste weathered blissful life,
magical tilts dance,
spinning cycles of our new
tomorrows in wings
of beauty to view with laughs.
Earth spins atmosphere
across wondrous subtle life.
Spring caresses dawn:
awake with yawning dewdrops
filled with soft magic,
a breath of fresh air inhaled,
exhaled by all lungs.
Flowers push through earth in search
of sun's pot of gold,
rays of magnificence roll,
artistic shades; tones.
Summer delights the blue world
with shades of bright green,
mountains thaw a little more,
songbirds gather notes,
quiet appreciation,
ballads of pure love.
Autumn colours leave their mark
with rusting promise
of breath to new life later,
cycles spinning loud
delight with warmth's subtle shine,
preparing for cold
snaps of fallen snow freckles.
Winter breaks the ice,
blankets of white wine sip on
bright chilled reflections,
restful ways blink and then stretch
all the branches bare.
Soon musical notes will ring
for spring to give birth anew.

This form is the Choka, the Japanese long poem. This poem was structured 5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5........7-7 onji in line length, and can be of any overall line total.


Scheme XABCXXXAXBXXXXDXXXXXXXXXXXXXDXXXXXXXC X
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 1110101 10011 10101101 0101 1101111 1110 0110101 10101 011101 11110 0111101 01111 1011101 11111 1111 01011 1001011 11111 1010101 1101 100010 10111 101111 11010 1111110 10101 0111101 01011 1110110 10101 1011111 11010 1011011 10101 1100111 1111101 11101001110110110101101111010110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,117
Words 187
Sentences 12
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 37, 1
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 461
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Submitted on June 04, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ian Sawicki

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