Analysis of Random Reflections



Feel salty air along the beach tonight
So once again I'm feeling young and spry.
Through hazy fog from time to time I sight
White sails and hear the hungry seagulls cry.

A summer rain and then a rainbow seen,
Its hues embossed on butterflies and ponds.
A honey bee that reaches deep and clean
For nectar, life infused, the rose responds.

The air is hushed, oppressive is the heat
As tired old bird sits on a cool steel bridge
For he is free of mind and wing and feet;
My bird is caged with no such privilege.

My heart astir by just remembering
I found true love and violets in Spring.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FF
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010101 1101110101 1101111111 110101011 010101011 110111001 0101110101 1101010101 0111010101 11011110111 1111110101 111111110 111110100 1111010001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 571
Words 112
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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