Analysis of Not To Perish From The Earth
every leaf
upon
the
ghost white
sycamore tree
possess a soul
seeking truth
from
thee
and
not to perish
from
the earth
| Scheme | abcdefgHeijHk |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 01 0 11 101 0101 101 1 1 0 1110 1 01 |
| Characters | 118 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 7 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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