Analysis of Filipina
From the Pearl of the East, a woman hails,
Like me, she loves to walk in holy trails.
While I sleep under a star-spangled sky,
She thinks of me— and to say it is not shy!
The sun never sets in this relationship
For we overwork the computer chips.
By texting and calling at dawn and night
I hope my princess selects me as her knight.
She speaks of the marvels of Asia
From Japan to Mongolia, from Cathay to Malaysia,
I show her a shining, shimmering, New World
All through the transatlantic of my words.
And I had a dream of her.
We let an Eastern Journey to occur.
We walked through the dominions of the Khan
All the way to the city of Xian
While our emissaries of silicon
Sit collecting dust in the long run.
One day there will be no more sea,
No more internet fees,
But only glee
When we grow old
And two stones with mold
Can state “this was a history of true love.”
Scheme | AABB XXCC DDXX EEFFGG HXHIIX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010101 1111110101 1111001101 11110111111 0110101010 110100101 110101101 11110011101 111010110 101101001011010 11001010011 110010111 0110110 1111010101 11101101 101101011 1101001100 101010011 11111111 11101 1101 1111 01111 11110100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 878 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on March 12, 2022
Submitted by ThaneofPharr on March 12, 2022
Modified on April 17, 2023
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