Analysis of The Wind That Blows Cold



The wind that blows cold, over all the land,
Takes with it all the sod and the sand;
Leaves nothing but the barren ground,
With nothing around, not even a sound;

Except that of the sweeping gale,
That shoots through valley, and through dale;
To have upon its open home,
The right, and freedom, with which to roam;

God given rights to man, exceed the need,
Of this howling torrent to be freed;
So it takes upon itself the job,
Of cleaning away all the cluttering mob;

Of those who lie, and work and sit,
And cannot seem their minds to quit,
Of the notion, and feeling, they were
The first to be here;

The wind to be heard,
To be seen and felt, but not to be feared.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 0111110101 111101001 11010101 1100111001 01110101 11110011 11011101 010101111 1101110101 111010111 111010101 11001101001 11110101 01011111 101001010 01111 01111 1110111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 647
Words 129
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on October 07, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Donald Loudon

I started to write because of the great feeling of release, and being able to do something of my own that I enjoyed. Since then, writing has become a way of life for me, and I enjoy it thoroughly. I write about things I feel strongly and or know a lot about. more…

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