Analysis of Hope Comes in Crimson
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
Look to the top
Of the poplar.
Lifeless, and
Armoured with glaze.
Monochrome sky
For a back-drop.
Monochrome mood
Now, for days.
Caught in the
Doldrums of winter,
Dampened and
Chilled to the core.
Hear him, the pure
Note of promise.
Fluid and full,
Troubadour.
Perched above all
That is dreary.
Scarlet friend, come
With spring’s tune.
Singing the
Prophecy clearly:
“It’ll come,
It’ll come, soon.”
Scheme | ABCDEAFDGBCHIJKHLMNOGMNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 1010 100 111 101 1011 101 111 100 10110 100 1101 1101 1110 1001 10 1011 1110 1011 111 100 10010 11 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 407 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 307 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
About this poem
My little crimson friend of February.
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Written on January 27, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on January 27, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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