Analysis of Erased By Waves
Love-notes erased by waves from sands
Melted ice cream in children's hands
Puppies and kittens soon mature
The blush of youth will lose allure
Inventing schemes humans connive
And grand philosophies contrive
"Reason to be," a central core
The existential they explore
The cactus blooms for its own sake
No hidden motives to awake
Unquestioned purpose, plan well-laid:
"Live fully in the sun, then fade"
How quickly are the moments gone
As transient lodgers we move on
"Carpe Diem," the clarion call
This day the here and now is all
| Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF XXGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11011111 10110101 10010101 01111101 01011001 01010001 10110101 010101 01011111 11010101 01010111 11000111 11010101 1101111 1101001 11010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 516 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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