Analysis of The Gift
Summer comes and pears ripen
Plump, juicy yellow-reds hanging
on low branches;
Behind rusty old chicken wire,
Jumbles of forest-green cucumber logs play
hide-n-seek beneath their tangled vines.
Sweet, clear notes from a familiar violin float
From an open upstairs window
into the street below;
I daydream of exhilarating heights attained only by a swing,
Dirty, beat-up knees, mischievous grins.
Reaching out, I carefully pluck a single pear;
Its juices dribble down my chin as I
sink my teeth into the tender smooth skin.
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Metre | 1010110 11010110 1110 011011010 1110110011 111011101 111100100011 11100110 010101 111010010110101 101111001 101110010101 1101011111 1110101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 509 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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