Analysis of On a Precipice
On a precipice
The edge
Abyss below
Cautious walk on path
Conscious of life and death
Separated by one last breath
So we make our way
Knowing full well
That what comes next
It is the uncertainty
Feelings, dreamlike
Not blind to ourselves
If you dig too deep into the soul
The dangerous, honest truth will soon come out
And more
Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIJKLMN |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
Metre | 10100 01 0101 10111 101101 1001111 111101 1011 1111 1100100 101 111001 111110101 01001011111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 327 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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