Analysis of Merely A Blade
A blade of grass when stood upon,
Is given not one thought,
If in lands of barren fields,
blades of grass are sought.
So much joy as shoots touch air,
hopes of seasons yield,
all the dreams that many have,
would see grass in their field.
If all lands were fertile,
children of good health,
hearts would then be rich,
minds with so much wealth.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01111101 110111 1011101 11111 1111111 11101 1011101 111011 111010 10111 11111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 332 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on October 07, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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