Analysis of Anniversary
Gabriela Mistral 1889 (Vicuña) – 1957 (Hempstead)
And we go on and on,
Neither sleeping nor awake,
Towards the meeting, unaware
That we are already there.
That the silence is perfect,
And that the flesh is gone.
The call still is not heard
Nor does the Caller reveal his face.
But perhaps this might be
Oh, my love, the gift
Of the eternal Face without gestures
And of the kingdom without form!
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101 1010101 0101001 1110101 1010101 010111 011111 110100111 101111 11101 1001010110 01010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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