Analysis of As I Grow
Sometimes whilst listening intenly to
the summer breeze
A wise old voice chants these words,
"Come find me, come find me youthful friend."
I turn about startled, yet the night reveals no foe.
The distant man calls from some far mountaintop
inticing and luring my fantasy.
I query within myself, "who speaks thus?"
Knowing the answer I quaintly smile,
turning back to face the traveled miles,
delicately whispering into the breeze,
"Come find me, come find me youthful friend."
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110011 0101 0111111 111111101 1101101010111 0101111110 10101100 110011111 100101101 101110101 10001000101 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 465 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on November 23, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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