Analysis of The Wintering Time
Trapped within walls of spidery bark
Dwarfing the stonework of tenebrous night
We rap upon darkness leaving our mark
thrashes and gropes for heavenly light.
But chilly is the air that flows through our yard
Scraping its nails up our corpulent sides.
And deeper we drink of ichors unmarred
Bloated with secrets the terra confides.
For under our beacons of earthly retreat
Reposed within beds, blanketed in snow
We feast upon those resting not but six feet,
Sleepers to a dream we all shall soon know.
| Scheme | ABABCDBDEFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111 100111001 11011010101 100111001 110101111101 101111011 01011111 1011001001 110101011001 101110001 11011101111 1010111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 488 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 408 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 86 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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