Analysis of Elysium Fields



A kiss is mysterious when hormones come to play:
lips press ecstatically
as passions swoon and sway.
Elysium is the way.

A touch is sensational when savoring the skin:
fingers trace the textures
as new feelings begin.
A Valhalla is the win.

A gaze is mesmerizing when painted by the mind:
visions are created
as paradise they find.
El Dorado is the prime.

A voice is ethereal when hearkened by the heart:
hearing is sonorous
as love lyrics impart.
Arcadia is the start.


Scheme AXAA BXBB CXCX DXDD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 011010011111 110100 110101 0100101 0110100110001 101010 111001 010101 011100110101 101010 11011 1010101 011010011101 101100 111001 0100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 454
Words 83
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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