Analysis of A Howling Poem



I heard the gale force wind last night,
It seemed to howl so loud.
While in my bed it gave me fright!
The moon behind a cloud.

The ghostly wind made Shiloh howl;
Who also was in bed.
But then, my dog began to growl
At what had caused him dread.

And when a branch quite large fell on
My roof and then on me,
A howl of pain was mine 'til dawn
As doctors helped my knee.


Scheme ABAB CDCD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11011111 111111 10111111 010101 01011101 110101 11110111 111111 01011111 110111 01111111 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 369
Words 88
Sentences 6
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 26

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Written on February 28, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on February 28, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on February 28, 2024

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