Analysis of Spring and Scraping Leaves



I drove the Town
With windows down.
And robins’ cries
And young girls’sighs
Would visit and just say
Let’s chill.

The coats are off
And sweaters too are doffed.
It’s time for us to romp
Those pavements dry.
Dried leaves will scrape
While squirrels plan escape
And happy clouds
Do heats across the Sky.

Remember playgrounds
Mushed and damp
Would not deter
Our tramp, tramp, tramp.
And streams would welcome
Busy hatchlings’ run.
How we had fun
Yes unleashed fun.


Scheme AABBXX XXXCDDXC XEXEXFFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 1101 0101 011 110011 11 0111 010111 111111 1101 1111 110101 0101 110101 0101 101 1101 10111 01110 1011 1111 1011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 475
Words 91
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 8
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on April 11, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 11, 2023

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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