Analysis of Wind Rising in The Alleys
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
Wind rising in the alleys
My spirit lifts in you like a banner streaming free of hot walls.
You are full of unspent dreams….
You are laden with beginnings….
There is hope in you… not sweet… acrid as blood in the mouth.
Come into my tossing dust
Scattering the peace of old deaths,
Wind rising in the alleys,
Carrying stuff of flame.
| Scheme | AbcdefgAh |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100010 1101011010101111 1111011 11101010 11101111011001 1011101 10001111 1100010 100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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