Analysis of down the road



a storm came up
 smooth waters rippled
 grass seed shook their heads

clearing dusty clouds from his path
 east wind rumbled down the road
 flanked by mighty trees bowing homage

creatures headed for home
 and sweet syrup was poured
 on dry sliced bread


Scheme XXX XXX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0111 11010 11111 10101111 1110101 111011010 101011 011011 1111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 245
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 68
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by haiku_artist on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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