Analysis of Seasons that don't exist



It is cold in the Winters woods
As I walk through a land,
Brown bark, green branches and white snow
Silver scars on my hand.

I have seen the grave of Autumn
I have heard Spring's last cry,
I have found the blood of Summer
The day she came to die.

Now I walk through the Winter's woods
Treading on ground of graves,
I have forgotten all that died
All killed by winter's waves.

Colour never was but silver
Snow clad brown trees with green,
The sun never shone on this land
A blossom was never seen.

Myths and mysteries they became
Winds with an Autumns twist,
Spring's perfection, summer's daylight
Seasons that don't exist.


Scheme ABXB XCDC AEXE DFBF XGXG
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11100101 111101 11110011 101111 11101110 111111 11101110 011111 11110101 101111 11010111 111101 1101110 111111 01101111 0101101 10100101 11111 1010101 101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 603
Words 115
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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