Analysis of Storm breaks
blacken clouds like boulders rumble
racing as spears of light flashed down
howling the air rips over the dark darkened land
tearing at all stand before it
wild crashing aquamarine peaks flung high
roaring thunder crashing trembles the very air
tearing ripping clawing at the shore
retreating waves pulling carrying away
banners wildly flapping in the tearing air
ripping torn to tatters streaming in the wind
symbols of mere men against nature fails
snapping popping flapping quickly torn away
trapped within the rock's cold
seeking to find escape
climbing up to the battlements
longing to be free
white linen by the wind and rain formed
pressed against the trembling flesh
hair blonde torn from the pins
flowing in the wind
towering above the crashing surf
bare rocks lie exposed by time
buttress mighty bearing up
ancient castle in the sky
water tears at tiny rocks
flowing they fall away
larger stones then are free
to slip and fall away
ancient way of Roman stone
ascends from plain below
twisting turning up mighty slope
to plateau where the castle reigns
armor tarnished no longer bright
dents and scratches beyond repair
stallion mounted ascending up
wearied by journeyed long
boulder great long buried within
beyond all knowledge of man
now kissed by the ocean waves
as surroundings stone washes away
dungeon steep cold and dank
begin to slip and crack
as cold water slips within
and founding stones slip away
quiet trembling grow beneath
movement slow begins
mighty rocks now slip away
roaring sea claims it all
Scheme | XXXX ABXC BDXC XXXE XXFD XXGA XCEC XXXX XBGX HXXC XXHC XFCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010 10111111 100111001101 10111011 110001111 10101010101 101010101 01011010001 10101000101 10111010001 1011101101 10101010101 101011 101101 10110100 10111 110101011 10101001 111101 10001 100010101 1110111 1010101 1010001 1011101 101101 101111 110101 1011101 011101 10101101 10110101 10101101 10100101 10100101 101101 10111001 0111011 1110101 101011001 101101 011101 1110101 0101101 10100101 10101 1011101 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,474 |
Words | 255 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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