Analysis of Joshua Tree
Its special indifference
and weathering smile,
reminds every passer
—its strength and its guile
It stands in the desert
alone and unbowed,
to flower in protest
—its nature avowed
(Tuweep Arizona: January, 2018)
Scheme | XAXA XXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100100 01001 0110010 11011 110010 01001 11001 11001 1010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 208 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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