Analysis of Solitary
Simplicity
silence
so long.
As long as
a piece
of string.
Subdued
solitary
so soft.
As soft as
a duckling's
down.
I embrace
these states,
I live in them
as I would
a cottage
by a lake,
with my beloved.
Passions subsided,
room for tranquillity
in my cottage.
In my cottage
I have house room
for peace.
| Scheme | abxcdx xaxcbx xxxxexx xaE Exd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (68%) |
| Metre | 0100 10 11 111 01 11 01 100 11 111 01 1 101 11 1101 111 010 101 1101 10010 111 0110 0110 1111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 305 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 7, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 9 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
How I like to live, with forays into the world, then back into my house away from the noise, chaos and violence of the world
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