Analysis of The Winds of Destiny
So many times the wind has blown
And pushed me left and right.
Sometimes it even knocks me down,
With force not in my sight.
I can't push back the bully in
The air that fate allows.
To change what might have been for me.
Instead, fears are aroused!
I cannot build a better boat
Nor can I stop the wind,
But then I can adjust my sails
To help me once again!
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11010111 011101 01110111 111011 11110100 011101 11111111 011101 11010101 111101 11110111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
What can and cannot be controlled
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Written on February 14, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on February 14, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on February 14, 2024
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