Analysis of Mast
an indent in the atmosphere-
spindles of the pale natural
quiver in the spiral cool down,
elevate in the wavewake.
enclosed promisebuds scatter,
their torn secrets buried alive-
the lean branch blowback,
leafflit leashed in by young stems,
the sharp snap of the reigns-
then, astride in the freefall,
suspended by the hover down,
comes the revalry, the victory,
when the efficient earth renews.
Scheme | ABCDEFDGHICJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010010 1101100 10001011 10001 01110 11101001 0111 110111 011101 101001 01010101 1010100 10010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 382 |
Words | 64 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 317 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on September 29, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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