Analysis of Just Out Of Reach
Over the horizon
a harp is playing
Its call recurring,
its tone Divine
Beyond the swell,
a calm is waiting
Its breeze untethered
—to flow sublime
(Book Of Prayers: November, 2020)
| Scheme | XA AX XA XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100010 01110 11010 1101 0101 01110 111 1101 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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