Analysis of EVER REACHING
Gerald Logie 1953 (Michigan)
To lose all control
To feel your very soul
To share the closeness we both crave so
To soar higher than others can go
This is the love I want to know
| Scheme | AABBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 11101 111101 110101111 111011011 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Written on July 26, 2019
Submitted by jerrylogie on September 09, 2022
Modified on May 01, 2023
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