Analysis of To Bleed
There is a paling canvas,
a life with too much to shed.
There is an early winter,
where snow only falls red.
- Asher J. Bond
| Scheme | XAXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 110110 0111111 1111010 111011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 120 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on September 02, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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