Analysis of Gaia Shifts Us

Hilary Uhl 1985 (Philadelphia, PA)



So slippery that
Sleak creature always atful
Another awaits
Dreamlessly readily rests
Gaia shifts us


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tanka  (80%)
Cinquain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11001 11011 01001 11001 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 100
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 15

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