Analysis of The Wind Cries Mary
Jimi’s grand apology
hidden in the words
In lyrics of his soul’s lament
Mary’s name is heard
The Jacks are in their boxes
as midnight plays its chord
Music sighing whispers red
— Queen still untoward
(The New Room: April, 2024)
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110100 10001 01011101 1111 0110110 11111 1010101 11001 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 239 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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