Analysis of the growing season



the roots grew under
water. clear it was,
current swift, cold-
er than my thoughts
at the slowly pacing
hours of night.

when light began to
powder the scene,
they softly rose
poking tendrils into
air. willing themselves
to know the realm
abraded by the wind.

soon duskbound wraiths
descend; the roots prepare for
the perpetuity of solitude
in the dark-knit quilt of
their whispered thoughts
against the flowing stream.


Scheme XAXBXX CXXCXXX AXXXBX
Poetic Form
Metre 01110 10111 1011 0111 101010 1011 11011 1001 1101 10101 11001 1101 1101 111 0101011 00100110 001111 1101 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 400
Words 70
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 7, 6
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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