Analysis of The Snowy Trail



Where does the snowy trail lead?
To a trapper's cache by the frozen river,
or to a warm cabin glowing with embers;
this is the path that the lean wolf and
its wiry neighbor, the fox both follow,
stealthily searching for food to fill
their empty and cold stomachs.

A writer's trail is snowy at times,
as the hunger trail of the wild,
it leads over steep hills, winding its way
through the meadows of icy stillness,
bypassing a frozen pond where a herd
of majestic moose tread carefully
while their nostrils flare from winter's
frostiness.

The trail is an exhaustive climb and food
is scarce, but the untamed denizens
reach their goal such as the ravenous
writers who do not give up and follow
their dreams.


Scheme XXAXBXX XXXCXXAA XXCBX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101011 1011101010 11011010110 110110110 1101001110 1101111 1100110 010111011 10101101 1110111011 10111010 100101101 101011100 11101110 1 0111010101 11101100 111110100 1011111010 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 690
Words 127
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 8, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 188
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted by Sonny68 on January 22, 2016

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Sonia Walker

I have been writing poetry, short stories and articles of interest for over thirty years. Most of my writing has been published in small presses, journals and weekly community newspapers. It is enjoyable to receive positive feedback on my writing. Before retirement, I was an editor and co-publisher for a quarterly journal and monthly newsletter from Anchorage, Alaska. My philosophy is to write something everyday to keep the cobwebs away. more…

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