Analysis of Monsoon Season
the water is jumping off the sidewalk
the air is white with spray
from the drops forcing their way
to Earth
in sheets
the gutters are choking
trying to deal with
the excess of water
they weren't built for this sort of thing
spears of lightning crack the sky
into pieces
thunder resonates around the city
scaring every animal
and small child
how could something be so
loud
the very air seems heavy
and swirling dark clouds
loom
across the street the wind
carries cardboard boxes
around a white trash neighbor's lawn
though they get heavier with
each new bit of
torrential rain
lightning crosses the sky again
the puddles reflect it
distorted by ripples
shingles
roses
wind chimes
basketball hoops
this is monsoon season in suburbia
Scheme | XAAXXBCXB XDEXXXXEXX XDXCXX XXFFXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010110101 011111 1011011 11 01 010110 10111 01110 110111111 1110101 0110 101001010 10100100 011 111011 1 0101110 01011 1 010101 10110 01011101 1111001 1111 0101 10100101 010011 010110 10 10 11 101 11011000100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 10, 6, 7, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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