Analysis of The Autumn Wind Blows
The autumn wind blows; winnowing the leaves off of trees, as it does so ever onward.
I wonder why the willows weep...
What could possibly wrench the tears from a tree?
Are they always crying, or do they sleep?
How long has it been since that tree came to be?
Why do raindrops make the crops grow?
Why, in fact, does the autumnal wind blow?
Steady runners rivers...
Flowing...coursing through the earth they cleave.
Leaving no doubt...
Partners since been being!
Never leave each other sold out they found out together.
Never seen apart.
No one's seen one start.
We're only here for a little while, caught up in a breeze, being winnowed like we're leaves; as the autumn wind blows, in through windows, and then we're gone.
Scheme | X ABABCC XXXXXDD X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 01011100111111111010 1101011 11100101101 111101111 11111111111 1111011 1011001011 101010 110111 1011 101110 10111011111010 10101 11111 1101101011100110111110101101100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 708 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 7, 1 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
A reflection on life and how short it is.
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Written on December 13, 2020
Submitted by paull.86328 on September 13, 2021
Modified on April 19, 2023
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