Analysis of What Was
Up there I hear his noise
The rustling, turning
There the leaves fall and turn to orange
A tom sings his mating ritual
A call heard for eternity
Quiet is what I hear now
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 01010 101101110 011110100 01110100 1011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted by jamier.96945 on November 03, 2023
Modified by jamier.96945 on November 03, 2023
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