Analysis of The Arrival



Though they never knew each other,
they were rich in love and spirit each
with the blood of the other.

Born of earthly fathers, their souls
created by one, their times were different but
their arrivals were planned.

We mourn our loss and celebrate our gain,
they touched one another as they passed through the gate.
No words were said, no words were needed,
the divine love of the path’s crossed,
by Grandson and Grandmum, was all that existed.


Scheme AXA XXX XXBXB
Poetic Form
Metre 11101110 101010101 1011010 11101011 010111101001 101001 11101010101 111010111101 110111010 00111011 1101111010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 497
Words 92
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 5
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on August 10, 2022

Submitted by duanep.55643 on August 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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