Analysis of Sacred winds on ancient pines



Sacred winds on ancient pines
Ceremonial prayer for mother earth

Winded pine in covered snow
withered bark of trembled song
whose roots its strength is given

From fires past its seeds were cast from
fallen cones that did unwind in microbial mulch
in primordial soup of  life

Emerald green we sing your praise
of needle pine in lichen moss on wetted
stone   embrace the living force

Into a circle of natures light in rites of spring
from Big Sur where cypress sets on jetted crags reach out
to Frisco’s bay
to bogs and barrens on jerseys shores
we sing our earthly songs

Wake stop and listen
come sit in silent wonder
smell the scents watch the stars that sing of
nature’s splendor

Where west meets east and turns the foe to friend
upon a welcome sun


Scheme XX XXA XXX XBX XBXXX ACXC BA
Poetic Form
Metre 1011101 010011101 1010101 1011101 1111110 110111011 1011101001001 00100111 1011111 1101010111 1010101 0101011010111 1111101110111 111 110101101 1110101 11010 1101010 101101111 1010 1111010111 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 759
Words 142
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 4, 2
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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