Sudden storm
William A. Kofoed 1952 (Utah)
crystals gray lie
reposed rest prolonged
trembling stirring rising
flight carrying away
whispering frigid movement
racing quickly on
plucking pulling lifting
water stored in a way
wavelets rolling softly
retaining sunlit warmth
peaks foaming splashing
stolen warmth flying up
transparent fountains ascending
gushing racing high
frigid stratosphere cooling
turbulent rolling flow
vapors condensing forming
castles dreams can see
whiteness filling darkening
heaviness crashing descending
shearing tearing descending
breeze torn to shreds
grabbing tearing carrying
roaring across the land
pounding harshly hitting
splashing droplets flung
smashing crushing forcefully
drenching tearing down
droplets forming puddles
filling to overflow
seeking flowing downward
quickly race across the land
Flowing streamlet’s gather
swelling creeks do grow
rushing in to rivers
flowing into the sea
dim grayness fading
beaming light swells
sparkling grains like diamonds
flashing now in the sun
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Submitted by wakofoed on October 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBC XXBC DXBX BABE BDBB BXBF BXDX XEXF XEXD BXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 938 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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