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 |
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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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