Analysis of Seeding The Storm



Cotton is picked
before cloth is made
Footings poured
to support the stage

Laws enacted
before crimes take place
Love embracing
— for hearts to break

(Septa Train 30th Street: April, 2024)


Scheme XXXX XXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 01111 101 10101 1010 01111 1010 1111 10111110
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 192
Words 34
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 51
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 26, 2024

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