Analysis of Winters Embrace

P.R. Sydow 1960 (San Francisco)



Winter wraps us in days Dark and cold.
Freezing rain upon my face
numbs the body,
chills the soul.
Blue eyes turned grey,
hold the memory of a summer day.
Trees are empty.
the ground is bare.
tracks in the snow
of a lonely hare.
However dreary
we embrace winter.
for without it
there can be no spring.


Scheme ABCDEECFGFCHIJ
Poetic Form
Metre 101101101 1010111 1010 101 1111 1010010101 1110 0111 1001 10101 1010 10110 1011 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 303
Words 68
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 234
Words per stanza (avg) 58

About this poem

During a walk in the mountains of Northern California during a cold winter's day, I allowed my mind to wander.

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Written on 2006

Submitted by gafferps on September 27, 2023

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