Analysis of To Harness The Wind
I rode the emotion like a horse
until the shoes fell off one by one
Leaving me silent and alone
A horseless prophet on the raging sands
—desperately trying to harness the wind
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
| Scheme | XX X XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110010101 010111111 10110001 011010101 10001011001 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 215 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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