Analysis of Let the green die
I Cage the birds paint the leaves with grey And throw the dust in the sky I will crumble with my joy
Make room for my ego to play
Sing my own tune
And perish with my blue sky
Remaining unheeded for others cry
The green may die!
| Scheme | ABCDDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011011101010011110111 11111011 1111 0101111 0100101101 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 561 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 65 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 387 |
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Submitted on December 13, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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