Analysis of Storm
The Japanese maple outside my window is
whipped against a dull and colorless sky.
The aubergine leaves struggle and resist as
the wind attempts to rip them from the
safety of their mother's limbs.
And I watch...
with an odd combination of empathy and apathy.
| Scheme | X X X X X X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00110111101 1010101001 011100011 010111110 1011101 011 11101011000100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 252 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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