Analysis of Wind Devils



Wind Devils,
Some people know what I'm talking about.
You see them blowing powdery snow in winter,
Making you snow-blind.
You see them carrying sand from place to place,
Creating dunes in the dessert.
You see them mixing with the lunar pull,
Stirring up waves on the sea.
You see them coming at right angles in full force,
Tearing up the land.
You on the shore see them raising up the sea in a mighty monsoon, ravaging the coastline.
But I have seen them playing amongst the leaves in the autumn,
Creating miniature dervishes in doorways.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLM
Poetic Form
Metre 110 1101111001 111101001010 10111 11110011111 01010001 1111010101 1011101 111101110011 10101 1101111010100100110001 111111001010010 010100101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 550
Words 108
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 427
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted by Del_Rios_Song on December 04, 2022

Modified by Del_Rios_Song on December 04, 2022

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