Analysis of The Mist

Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)



The mist arises from the trees like smoke;
The fire is ever burning.


Scheme AB
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010111 01011010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 68
Words 14
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 2
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Written on May 13, 2008

Submitted by dawg4jesus on February 06, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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