Analysis of THE MYSTERY - ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
I came into existence, naked yet clothed
with innocence and unaware,
bathed with my mother’s blood,
old folks heard me cry and were so glad.
I came not into this unknown sphere by my own will
and I will not leave of my own will
but i will drink the wine of the mystery
and become drunk with anguish, fear and love.
So short, so precious a life,
a fragile life under threat.
Scheme | ABCDEEFGHI |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11010101011 1100001 111101 111110011 1110110111111 011111111 11110110100 0011110101 1111001 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 375 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 73 |
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Written on February 06, 2021
Submitted by invisible_t on September 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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