Analysis of Continental Drift



These green and isolate continents,
set apart in oceans still as glass,
post signs on high escarpments
to warn ships, sailors -- loves that pass --
of seeming permanence, often met:
though earth seem solid, free from rift,
please beware of continental drift.


Scheme ABABCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 11010100 101010111 1111010 11110111 110100101 11110111 10110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 252
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 204
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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L. Larry Amadore

A word lover who enjoys beautiful poetry of all genres and responds with admiration to fresh and felicitous phrases. [Retired manufacturing/production control mgr./marketing manager/financial analyst. USAF veteran; lived in US, Mexico, Germany, Turkey.] more…

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