Analysis of Avalanche
Robert Mattingly 1957 (Brookline Massachusetts)
A pen descends,
Rescuing each
Word from the page,
While struggling for
That idea.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Tanka (40%) Lanturne (40%) |
| Metre | 0101 1001 1101 11001 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 84 |
| Words | 17 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Helicopter saving people from storm.
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