Analysis of Gracefully
Said one tree to the other
"I didn't grow old yesterday!"
"Indeed". "Indeed."
"Yet, I shall be shredded tomorrow."
"How so?"
"I've too many woes.'
"That so?" Tsssk, Tsssk.
"The spraying, raking, and bagging." "Tis too much."
"Mercy".
"What shall become of you?"
"Oh!, there are more of me."
"So you say."
"Certainly."
"What will become of them?"
"The same, I suppose."
| Scheme | XAXBBCXXD XDAD X C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1111010 1101110 0101 11111001 11 11101 1111 01010010111 10 110111 111111 111 100 110111 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 363 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 20 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 4, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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