Analysis of Beneath a birch
Days pass and it seems all in vain
Yesterday’s innocence
Out playing in the rain
Now Persevering wincing gritting teeth
Welcome the day
Of death’s sweet release
Lie me there beneath that old birch
Up above
Where the crow doth perch
Sun through the clouds dries his wings
High above
Untouched by menial things
Sounds his call then takes flight
Beneath I’ll lie
For another lonely night
Scheme | ABACDEFGFHGHIJI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011101 10100 110001 1001010101 1001 11101 11101111 101 10111 1101111 101 0111001 111111 0111 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 379 |
Words | 67 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 315 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Written on July 11, 2020
Submitted on July 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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