Analysis of Alaskan Portrait
Among the vast terrain
of willow and spruce
with background of
snow-capped mountains,
eagles soar majestically,
joining clouds in unison,
while sunshine and blue sky
welcome all to nature's
living portrait of beauty.
Scattered throughout the tundra,
and along the ribbon of roadways,
the prickly, wild rose grows,
colors of yellow, pink and
deep rose among the brush,
struggling to endure
the short Alaskan summer,
postponing the oncoming
harshness of winter with their
profuse display of color.
Scheme | XXXXAXXXA XXXXXXBXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101 1101 111 1110 10101000 1010100 11011 101110 1010110 1001010 00101011 010111 1011010 110101 100101 0101010 010010 1011011 0101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 10 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on January 15, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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