Analysis of Beyond
Beyond the gate
the world waits
though it doesn’t stay for me
I hesitate
I anticipate
I fear what I cannot see
I hear it call
beyond the wall
thought it never says my name
I want it all
but I’m so small
I should find someone to blame
| Scheme | AXB AAB CCD CCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 011 111111 110 1010 1111101 1111 0101 1110111 1111 1111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Written on 2012
Submitted by Snodeel on December 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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