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 |
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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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