Analysis of Falling Leaves
Falling leaves mark the beginning
of natures fast . . .
Winter is coming
Hear her Icy bell blowing distance
through your memory,
as trees half naked
spot the ground with clearer vision
“Oh alas, the winds of autumn run
captive through my soul,
And place the stones in order
spring doth disavow
Whose cold reprieve an answer grants
in frosted shortened light,
To spread new life upon this breast,
— and natures womb”
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 1977)
Scheme | AXA XXXB BXCX XXXX C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010 1101 10110 101011010 11100 11110 10111010 101011101 10111 0101010 1101 11011101 010101 11110111 0101 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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