Analysis of A Nod To The Silver Birch!
Glenn Lumb 1952 (Norwich)
Dressed for winter in your sprinkle of snowflakes,
Like sequins glistening in light,
The slumber of humble sleepiness
Caresses December nights!
Squirrels rummage free in your branches,
Nimble with athletic skill,
Escape from predator advances
If they chance an opportunist kill!
The White Owl acknowledges your presence,
It's very essence is a privilege to receive,
Perched on your bough in his wisdom,
A vision to cherish with esteem!
Holly, holy evidence from surroundings,
Red berries redder than all year,
The rich green of ivy revival,
Twigs entwined as hands resigned to prayer!
The sacrificial shedding of dry leaves,
Naked branches dance in wicked winds,
The sky reclines, resigned to emotion
As atmospheric clouds are gathering!
Silver Birch, matured, majestic,
Enduring years of naturalistic change,
A veteran in a world that's never settling,
A survivor in arriving decades!
Scheme | XXXX ABAB XXXX XXXX XXXC XXCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110011011 11010001 010110100 0100101 101010110 1010101 011100010 11110101 0110100110 110101010101 11110110 010110101 10101001010 11010111 011110010 101110111 001010111 101010101 0101011010 101011100 10101010 0101100101 0100001110100 0010001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 866 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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