Analysis of Whispering Wind

Laura Westbrook 1973 (Michigan)



The wind whispers to me
And says to let you be.
But deep within my heart
I know we shouldn't part.
For if I ever will
My heart shall be forever still.


Scheme AABBCC
Poetic Form Sestain
Metre 011011 011111 110111 111101 111101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 151
Words 34
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 32

About this poem

I wrote this poem in fourth grade at East Elementary School in Comstock School district. Thank you Mrs. Anderson for encouraging me to write.

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Written on 1981

Submitted by lfoxylady17 on July 25, 2022

Modified on March 07, 2023

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