Analysis of Fist Of Nature
Wild-fires in the forest sweep and voraciously devour
the trees, homes and underbrush yielding crater-burn and scour.
It feels like nature's fist, with no warning, clue or hunch,
smack into the stomach landing a sucker-punch.
Floods from the torrential rains overwhelm and inundate
all lower lands and structures till water-levels abate.
It feels like nature's fist, with no warning, clue or hunch,
smack into the stomach landing a sucker-punch.
Earthquakes come from vents or plates, volcanic or tectonic,
shaking the ground with tremors with rapid "muscles-clonic."
It feels like nature's fist, with no warning, clue or hunch,
smack into the stomach landing a sucker-punch.
Hurricanes and tornados with destructive winds endowed
leave everything in their path either flattened, bent or bowed.
It feels like nature's fist, with no warning, clue or hunch,
smack into the stomach landing a sucker-punch.
Blizzard fine-snows and ice storms causing a slippery white-out
disorients your bearings with confusion, fear and doubt.
It feels like nature's fist, with no warning, clue or hunch,
smack into the stomach landing a sucker-punch.
| Scheme | aa BB cc BB dd BB ee BB ff BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100010101010 01101010101010 1111011110111 101010100101 110010101010 11010101101001 1111011110111 101010100101 1111110101010 1001110110101 1111011110111 101010100101 100011010101 1100111010111 1111011110111 101010100101 101101110010011 11101010101 1111011110111 101010100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 1,112 |
| Words | 175 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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