Analysis of Shrinking Violet
A shrinking violet, transformed into poison ivy.
They took my kindness for weakness.
Didn’t anybody warn them?
Shy little girls grow up to know exactly how strong they can be.
| Scheme | A X X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010001011010 11110110 1100011 1101111101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
This poem is about the transition from maiden to mother.
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