Analysis of Howling Winter Wolves

Eileen Clark 1993 (Htfd. Ct.)



The day is a gray one and bitter cold
Wind slapping my face piercingly bold
The snow is icy white, the top layer is hard
My forced footsteps leave the service scarred

Not a sound is heard, noises freeze in mid air
Later the moon exposes that activity was their
Some rabbits, deer and even some wolf tracks                        Leaving me to wonder, are they running in packs

Tired and hungry, I head back to my lodge
Safe, yet feeling there is something I just dodged  looking out my window I see shadows prowling, There they are on the hill, I hear the wolves howling

Author Eileen Clark 2023


Scheme AABB CCX XX X
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 0110110101 1101111 011101011011 11110101 10111101011 10010101010011 1101010111101110111001 10010111111 1110111011110111011110111101110110 10011
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 638
Words 78
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 2, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

years ago I did a painting of two wolves in the snow and just a few days ago wrote a poem about it.

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Written on May 01, 2023

Submitted by eileenclark55 on May 01, 2023

Modified by eileenclark55 on May 01, 2023

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Eileen Clark

When I was little I was always rhyming things in my head as a child but never wrote things down. I have a slight learning disability, did poorly in school, and quit the day I turned sixteen. That should explain my poor spelling folks! For many years I kept busy as most do with taking care of home and family and friends and pets and working, and so on. I did keep up with my painting and they made nice gifts to give out to friends for every occasion. Now I'm old and crippled with rheumatoid arthritis and somewhat housebound, hence the Blogs and websites to keep myself busy and I began to write poems. My poems are not sophisticated or brilliant, just simple writings filled with memories of my childhood, my imagination, my experiences in life, and my plight with arthritis. I love my poems and don't mind saying so. I hope to post some of my short stories when I get brave enough. Eileen Clark more…

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