Analysis of Wind
Amy Lowell 1874 (Brookline) – 1925 (Brookline)
He shouts in the sails of the ships at sea,
He steals the down from the honeybee,
He makes the forest trees rustle and sing,
He twirls my kite till it breaks its string.
Laughing, dancing, sunny wind,
Whistling, howling, rainy wind,
North, South, East and West,
Each is the wind I like the best.
He calls up the fog and hides the hills,
He whirls the wings of the great windmills,
The weathercocks love him and turn to discover
His whereabouts -- but he's gone, the rover!
Laughing, dancing, sunny wind,
Whistling, howling, rainy wind,
North, South, East and West,
Each is the wind I like the best.
The pine trees toss him their cones with glee,
The flowers bend low in courtesy,
Each wave flings up a shower of pearls,
The flag in front of the school unfurls.
Laughing, dancing, sunny wind,
Whistling, howling, rainy wind,
North, South, East and West,
Each is the wind I like the best.
Scheme | aabbCCDD eeffCCDD aaxaCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100110111 11011010 1101011001 111111111 1010101 1010101 11101 11011101 111010101 11011011 0111011010 110111010 1010101 1010101 11101 11011101 011111111 010110100 111101011 01011011 1010101 1010101 11101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 871 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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