Analysis of Clouds
Raymond Robinson 1987 (California)
Clouds, clouds,
In great big forms.
Clouds, clouds,
In great big swarms.
Shaped like a bird.
Shaped like a dragon.
Sittin' outside in my old red wagon
Watching the clouds as they go passing by.
I wonder how they got their form.
I wonder how, I wonder why.
| Scheme | AbAbcddefe |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 11 0111 11 0111 1101 11010 111011110 1001111101 11011111 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem when I was 9 and it had been in my heart ever since. I'm 36 now and I've just never forgotten the words to it.
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