Analysis of Earthquake[Haiku]

Sun Ra

Mighty buildings -- SHAKE
Houses seized by vibrant waves
Of the grand Earthquake!

By: ©William J Dorsey Jr. (Copyright) November 3, 2013

Scheme AXA X
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1011101 1011 110110110010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 134
Words 22
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 1
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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