Analysis of Ascendance
Ascendance
by Kymlee Kopera
8.2.2012
The runner! the runner!
it is fine if you are the chosen one,
until that course appears before you
dominates your mind, your life behind you
and it is daunting out on the horizon.
Seeker! oh seeker!
If you make a mistake you will fall
and then you will rise, again only to fall
it is an uphill battle to a downwards hole
not an end, this life, with the veracity and farcical
Dire! Dire!
we will all dance in fire
we will all burn, we burn as we toss, as we turn
we sweat out the gore and the grime and the black
then the Sun sends a ray into our murky heart
Lover! Be my lover!
I have fought through the pit
I have screamed your name on my lips
you have long evaded my capture
You must know you are constantly what I chase after.
| Scheme | XXX ABCCB ADDXX XAXXX AXXA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010 11010 1 010010 1111110101 011101011 101111011 01110110010 10110 111001111 01111011011 111111010101 111111001000100 11 1111010 111111111111 11101001001 1011010110101 101110 111101 11111111 111010110 1111110011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 767 |
| Words | 156 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 5, 5, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 25, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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