Analysis of Listen to the Wind
Listen to the wind when its hush
transforms into twirls of laughter,
dancing with the ghostly gods till the break of dawn,
suddenly, pushed aside by the serene but mighty queen,
the golden sun who claims the day.
Listen to the wind who insists on howling,
disturbing the spirits of the dell, waking them from
their spectral dreams which force them to
flitter above the treetops, weaving in agitation
at the intrepid bluster----cursing its forceful proximity.
Listen to the wind whose anger turns into rage,
defying all who block its savage path,
a roaring lion chasing its prey until it is caught,
joyful in its feast of destruction and satiated for
the moment until its hunger bellows again.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10101111 01011110 101010110111 10010110011101 01011101 10101101110 0100101011011 1111111 10101100010 1001010101100100 101011101011 0101111101 01010101101111 100111010011 010011101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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