Analysis of Dance of the winter spirits
The crystal flakes of every morn,
that darkened husk of snow lined bower,
reveal to us the crystal power,
and the frozen gates to every dawn.
The frozen gates with frosted glaze,
which bites the flesh as to amaze,
and frosted breath at which we gaze,
whilst out-about in snowy haze.
The spirits of the crystal dawn,
dance through icy crystals born,
of this new morn lacking sun,
and onto who knows where forlorn.
For now we see Yule's frozen height,
and shivering stems give up the fight,
perhaps to rest and then anew,
then spring's new praise of new born might.
Scheme | ABBC DDDD CAXA EEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 010111001 110111110 011101010 0010111001 01011101 11011101 01011111 11010101 01010101 1110101 1111101 01011101 11111101 010011101 01110101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 566 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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