Analysis of Poem 847
White sheet of river
It's surface frozen
By the frigid cold winter
Inundated with bleakness
By the lifelessness I see
| Scheme | ABACD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (60%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11110 11010 1010110 100110 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 113 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on April 01, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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