Analysis of EARTH,WIND AND FIRE

JP. 1948 (United Kingdom)



EARTH WIND AND FIRE

The earth stood dry and craved the rain
As the fire jumpers lost an edge once gained
The cinders meander through the tinder brush
The red wall advancing another ploy crushed
Above the fire break cut through in haste
The fire planes loose the water chaste
Marked out by the cloud of red in the sky
In the canyon of fire this forest will die
A trail of sparks seek a new place of rest
And the oldest sequoia succumbs to the test

On a dirt road to hell in a chain of command
A fiery prisoner breaks free of remand
The hot breath of a monster lives deep in its heart
And flames dance the tango that no force can part
Ten thousand homes gone, a million trees dead
From high orbit they stare down the throat of bright red
At the lost a bewildered obscured by the smoke
In the chaos of Hades trying hard not to choke
As the pall of black smoke blots out a star
Desperation the passenger on this streetcar

The surgical buzz saws wheal and deal in tree death
On the firewall parrying each outbreak well met
The beast is a spectre living hot midst the flame
High winds are the ally that drive it insane
Its food is the forest, it’s lair the hillside
It’s children hot cinders on the wind as they ride
In South California where rain is a stranger
The fire bridge scorches the face of the ranger
In the canyon of fire its foe is but a man
Charged with determination “Stop the beast if he can”


Scheme A BXXXCCDDEE FFGGHHIIJJ XXXBKKAALL
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 01110101 10101011111 01001010101 01101001011 0101011101 010110101 1110111001 001011011011 0111101111 001001001101 101111001101 010010011101 011101011011 01101011111 1101101011 111011101111 101001001101 0010110101111 1011111101 0100100111 010011101011 101011111 011010101101 11101011101 1110101101 110110101111 01010111010 01011011010 0010110111101 110010101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,381
Words 274
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 10, 10, 10
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 281
Words per stanza (avg) 68
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