Analysis of The Scarf
It is greener than the tree's in spring
It is lighter than a bird's wing
It is softer than a baby's skin
I got it from my dearest friend
She made it nicely with her own hand
This beautiful present to me she sent
It is the nicest scarf I ever got!
| Scheme | AABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010101 11101011 111010101 11111101 111101011 1100101111 1101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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