Analysis of Northern Winds



Storm laden vengeance
the Father has sent me

Each cloud a dark memory
the wind whipping through

Lightning bolts charging
the moment eternal

Excuses torrential
—in thunder’s adieu

(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)


Scheme XA AB XC CB X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 010111 1101100 01101 10110 010010 010010 01001 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 217
Words 35
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on September 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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