Analysis of Desolation
A saguaro flower spreads its
wings heaven-bound
against a dark abyss.
Two luminary eyes
peering down,
thought they knew,
thought they found
a breath of life
exhuming from earth.
| Scheme | XAX XXXAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00101011 1101 010101 11001 101 111 111 0111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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