Analysis of You Couldn't Hold the Snow
Little buds of light,
blooming before your time,
thinking in vain
that Spring hid around the corner.
Sad flower, grim tale,
the snow fell
before you could even
rear your belled head.
If only you had listened
to your clear voice of reason,
then disaster would not
have stolen your tiny breath.
Now, cold and empty,
you must start all over,
digging redemption
from the ground beneath your feet.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMDJN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 100111 1001 11101010 11011 011 011110 1111 1101110 1111110 101011 1101101 11010 111110 10010 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 377 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 312 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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