Analysis of Apple Picking
As light drizzle fell we snapped branches
Of length and urged them to bring down
Apples.
Shaking tattered limbs or swiping
At single crabs
Apples dropped
(A confirmation of Newton’s theory).
Using our jackets as baskets or bags
We then gathered as many as we could
And dashed of from the wrath of
The farmer…
By the time of arrival at our homes
We had devoured many a crab
(Gathering a legacy of tummy ache)
While those left over went into
Mother’s home made jam.
Mother being led to believe
That farmer X granted
Whatever fruit seasonal winds
Had scattered- unaware of the joy
We shared shaking, groping, and grasping.
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Metre | 111011110 11011111 10 10101110 1101 101 00101110 10101011011 1110110111 0111011 010 10110101101 110101001 10001001101 11110101 10111 10101101 110110 1011001 11001101 111010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 610 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 10 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on February 21, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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