Analysis of A Photograph
I have not retained a photograph
Of my parents except that which
Hangs in my memory: Mother sits
In an armchair and Father stands
Erect by her side where flowers
Bloom near to her feet and by a
Lattice wall there is a butterfly
Flying around various
Coloured roses.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 11101010 11100111 101100101 0110101 01101110 11101010 10111010 1001100 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 215 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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