Analysis of Scents of Spring
A flower's bloom is something to see
As it hides all winter, afraid and unseen
Beneath winter's hand it cuddles and lays
As the icy wind and rain wash through the days
But soon enough, when winter is at a defeat
Spring breaths her song, and the earth will re-heat
While nature's garden takes life, forgetting winter's past
As I watch a flower blossom,
Breaking the dead winter's snow, a'last
| Scheme | XXAA BBCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111011 11111001001 011011101 10101011101 110111011001 1101001111 1101011010101 11101010 100110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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