Analysis of A Gift



A gift
Given
Many years ago
A key
Unlocking
Caged creativity
Letting it fly
Free and high


Scheme ABCDEDFF
Poetic Form
Metre 01 10 10101 01 010 10100 1011 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 112
Words 25
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

40 years ago I was given a gift of a handwritten book of poetry that became an inspiration to write myself.

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Submitted by nfowke on August 17, 2023

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