Analysis of Northern Winds
Storm laden vengeance
the Father has sent me
Each cloud a dark memory
the wind whipping through
Lightning bolts charging
the moment eternal
Excuses torrential
—in thunder’s adieu
(Dreamsleep: September, 2022)
| Scheme | XA AB XC CB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 010111 1101100 01101 10110 010010 010010 01001 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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