Analysis of The Snowy Owl Again
white bright yellow-eyed snowy owl
tumbling through the arctic wind
with stiff razorblade claws
while clamping down
upon her prey
straight through the
seagull’s beating heart
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101101 10010101 1111 1101 0101 110 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Written on October 29, 2022
Submitted by ggolden9 on October 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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