Analysis of So Close / So Far
My spirit frost bitten
yet still the river flows
Mercy on the distant bank
my fate caught in between
Wishes drift across the ice
but this side holds me fast
Deliverance oh so very near
— in sight beyond my reach
(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
| Scheme | XXXXXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110 110101 1010101 111001 1010101 111111 010011101 010111 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 243 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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