Analysis of Crows
Cassandra Frates 1972 (San Jose)
A murder convenes
Before my eyes
Blackness swirling
Sounds unnerving
Reaching out on nimble limbs
Branches bend and crack
A gathering so ominous
Chills go creeping down your back
Then suddenly all is quiet
Away on the winds they fly
Like an insidious riot
And silence embraces your cry
| Scheme | XXAA XBXB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 01001 0111 1010 1010 1011101 10101 01001100 1110111 11001110 0110111 11010010 01001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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