Analysis of Beneath a birch

Jesse willard 1978 (New York)



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
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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