Analysis of Heaven's Might



The blackened earth like a blanket lay,
Upon a body lowered from birth,
And atop its grave the ravens play,
The scent of death, a vulture's mirth.

The standing trees in the breeze still sway,
And among this corpse persists the sound,
Of a beating heart, death has yet to slay,
The might of life from heaven’s ground.


Scheme ABAB ACAC
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010110101 010101011 001110101 0111011 010100111 001110101 1010111111 01111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 320
Words 66
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on April 25, 2023

Submitted by Hardenburg on April 25, 2023

Modified on May 02, 2023

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