Analysis of I am



I am the breeze that gently blows,
to swell the sails of your boat.
I am the wind that rises with dawn
to guide birds'  flight o're land and shore.
I am the hill whereon you climb
to safely reach your home.
I am the wave in constant flow--
in high tide and in low.
In leaps swift and graceful,
I am the legs of the gazelle and fawn.
When, in the desert, fearful you roam,
My arms, I carry you on.


Scheme ABCDEFGGHCFI
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 1101111 110111011 111111101 1101111 110111 11010101 011001 011010 1101100101 100101011 1111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 385
Words 82
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 298
Words per stanza (avg) 83
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Submitted by donka_k on May 25, 2018

Modified on March 14, 2023

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