Analysis of The Skater (PUBLISHED)
Swiftly skating across smooth silky ice
With skill and swiftness she goes.
Shade and sun scatter on the shore
Of little lake lost in woods.
Frozen frigate of fantastic fun,
Story swift to tell,
The ice interprets her innocent intentions.
Slight swirling skate-marks slice
The shiny surface swiftly.
She skids to a stop,
And accented by an accurate addition,
The ice infers intricate patterns.
Scheme | ABCDEFGAHIEJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010011101 1101011 10110101 1101101 101010101 10111 010100100010 110111 0101010 11101 010011100010 010110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 400 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 319 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on December 06, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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