Analysis of February in Snow
When I was a rabbit
the coyote was at my door
leaving me shivering
in the dark.
Unable to feast on fresh grass & leaves
I had to survive on my dried leavings
until I thought I was stuck
in winter’s stark.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 00101111 101100 001 010111111 1110111110 0111111 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 203 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
About this poem
Trigger warning: abuse Published in Free From Monsters: Poetry by Survivors of Abuse. Western Oregon University Printing.2019
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Written on February 23, 2006
Submitted by Ariel on September 19, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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