Analysis of It was only the wind
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
We’ve been circling one another for days
trying to find a weakness.
An opening in each other’s armor
So, they say…
so we could say who won
Not for embarrassment’s sake
or pride of ownership
or any other more selfish reason,
clearly there is too much at stake.
We each do not want to be made a fool of …
and require further proof of intent,
It’s high noon now
and the odds for and against us are even…
But we are so wound up and tense
the least spark of activity real or imagined
and we draw
We both could
shoot the hide off a water buffalo at forty paces,
make a saddle before it hit the ground,
dried, cured, and mounted,
That’s our reputation yours and mine…
Somewhere in the corner of our eyes
we see motion
Two shots rang out.
It was a double heart
shot clean and true.
We got each other
at the same time
Too bad for the both of us.
Our aim was true,
Double heart shots
through and through
but too bad for us…
we both lose
It was only …
the wind
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100101011 1011010 1100011010 111 111111 1101001 11110 1101011010 10111111 11111111011 010101101 1111 00110011110 11111101 0111010011010 011 111 10110101011010 1010011101 11010 110010101 100101101 1110 1111 110101 1101 11110 1011 1110111 10111 1011 101 11111 111 1110 01 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,044 |
Words | 246 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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