Analysis of Stones
As I walk
through growing dusk
cold wind blows
scattering dry leaves
stones do lie
about my feet
hidden secrets
that I could see
if I would stop
and pick one up
what hidden treasures
might I find
a geode filled
with crystals bright
glittering gems
shining bright
a fossil from
a ancient day
memory of what was
now locked away
perhaps a jewel
there might be
just waiting there
for me to find
yet in the darkness
I do not care
I walk on
do not stop to see
so many stones
have I once held
too many stones
I’ve tossed away
in growing night
as wind does chill
continue I
just on my way
perhaps in dawn
of nother day
shall I search
and treasures find
Scheme | XXXX AXXB XXXC XDXD XEXE XBFC XFXB GXGE DXAE XEXC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (58%) Etheree (30%) Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 111 1101 111 10011 111 0111 1010 1111 1111 0111 11010 111 011 1101 1001 101 0101 0101 100111 1101 01010 111 1101 1111 10010 1111 111 11111 1101 1111 1101 1101 0101 1111 0101 1111 0101 1101 111 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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