Analysis of North Rim
Grand Canyon darkness—city nights,
towering votives in wingless flight
Elevator to the desperate peak,
ninety-nine floors above the waiting street
Torment and doubt ride to the top,
buttons numeric finally stop
Ten steps to the railing, writhing in pain,
the cure within reach—calling your name
(225 West 57thSt, New York: June, 2022)
| Scheme | XXXX AAXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 1001011 10010101 1011010101 1011101 100101001 1110101001 010111011 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 08, 2022
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on June 08, 2022
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