Analysis of Ephemeral



Daffodil time as the hour moves forward
April showers dilly-dallying for Lent
The woods and the fields a cornucopia
Of bird song and scrumptious the flow
In receipt from the hills

A smidgen of frost encountered at daybreak
Caught unaware so a panic in name but then
Perspicacity helped to assure us as we listened
To the paean and the verve of Spring

Now vernal growth environmentally burgeon
Replenishing woodlands hedgerows and fields
Across teeming waters airborne migrants
Scud in their flight to floral yields

By the Roe's turbid waters young lambs gambol
As young lovers stroll in a light refreshing wind
Oh 'tis a time to rejoice in the mystique of the
Season but alas it is ephemeral- ephemeral like
Our kind


Scheme XXABX XXXX XCXC BDAXD
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010110 101010111 0100100100 1110101 001101 0101101011 10110100111 1110111110 101000111 11010010010 01001101 011010110 10111101 101110111 111010010101 1101101000110 1010111010001001 101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 700
Words 123
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on February 23, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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