Analysis of Mast



an indent in the atmosphere-
spindles of the pale natural
quiver in the spiral cool down,
elevate in the wavewake.
enclosed promisebuds scatter,
their torn secrets buried alive-
the lean branch blowback,
leafflit leashed in by young stems,
the sharp snap of the reigns-
then, astride in the freefall,
suspended by the hover down,
comes the revalry, the victory,
when the efficient earth renews.


Scheme ABCDEFDGHICJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1010010 1101100 10001011 10001 01110 11101001 0111 110111 011101 101001 01010101 1010100 10010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 382
Words 64
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 317
Words per stanza (avg) 64
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Submitted on September 29, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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