Analysis of The Lone Crane
Under western skies on a winter's day
I came upon the sight
Of a snowy-colored crane
Before the coming of the rain.
He turned and stood on graceful leg
To face me in watchful composure
His stance was still, a painter's pose
In soundless majesty he froze.
I thought him lost or fallen
To pillage city foliage green
Such bird as this would not abide
Precariously by a freeway side.
I picture him and the coming spring
My sheltering thoughts have flown him home
While basking with fellows in common bond
He eats savory fish in some golden pond.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110101 110101 1010101 01010101 11011101 111010010 11110101 0110011 1111110 11010101 11111101 010001011 110100101 110011111 1101100101 11100101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 435 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 99 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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