Analysis of Douglas Ave.



All the way from Douglas Ave,
to the bridges of Alberdein,
the winter wind bites a chilling cold
and blows with a mighty scream
The tumbleweed and the homeless man
drift across the street
wind driven and without hope
they wander with restless feet.
They look for quarters
because they love hot stew
before they bed down
on Douglas Avenue.


Scheme ABCDBEFEGHBB
Poetic Form
Metre 1011101 101011 010110101 0110101 0100101 10101 1100011 1101101 11110 011111 01111 11010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 327
Words 60
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 275
Words per stanza (avg) 60
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Submitted on September 18, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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