Analysis of PROMISED LAND
Angels and devils chase
Across the darkening path of easy faith
On the pensive spread of consciousness.
The sun has burnt out his fury
Now sits beneath the indifferent hill
In remorseful respite.
Fidgeting darkness growls
And plunges out, instinctively
To pounce upon the day's beaten prey.
Howling horror of the black and
Poisonous witchery of the night
Lurks unseen among the fallen leaves.
And jumps astride the horse
Of the lonely wanderer
Though unseen-----in the woods, betimes.
Oft the rebellious pony
Now walks------death stricken
Without a swish of jovial tail.
Oft the faithfuls assail
With orisons and the cross
Savage breathing of shadows in the dark.
But only the lonely hermit understands
What the shadows say
To the prying sun.
Scheme | AXX BXX XBC XXX XXA BDE EXX XCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101 01010011101 101011100 01111110 110100101 001010 100101 01010100 110101101 10101010 1001101 101010101 010101 1010100 1010011 100101 11110 010111001 101001 11001 101011001 1100101001 1011 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 749 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Written on January 24, 2022
Submitted by vckarr17 on January 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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