Analysis of The Snowman



"Our snowman will be beautiful," we say,
Forgetting we're too old to be so happy.
Our bodies made bulky by heavy winter coats
We grin like children, giddy with the cold.
Our frozen fingers clumsy, we mold him,
Sculpt him out of fresh, white snow
Until that moment when the body is so cold
You can't imagine ever being warm again.
Hot chocolate sounds so inviting.
"We'll finish him tomorrow," we promise
And hurry inside.
But there are some things I don't understand,
Like love and war and weather.
And tomorrow, a warm front moves in--
From one of the sultry southern places
We planned to visit on our honeymoon.
Moves in, moves out
Taking our snowman with it
And leaving us a puddle
Of good intentions.


Scheme ABCDEFDGHIJKLMNOPQRS
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1011110011 01011111110 1010110110101 1111010101 10101010111 1111111 011101010111 110101010101 11011010 110101110 01001 111111101 1101010 00101110 1110101010 1111011010 1011 1010111 0101010 11010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 685
Words 129
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 550
Words per stanza (avg) 127
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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