Analysis of Eternity




And when we were happy
 even with this defensive Paradise of the soul then
 the most terrible truth was death.

Later when t
 he white Bird
 fled from our hands
 we hoped it might come back again
 but nothing could console
 our soul and our eyes.

Because happiness is not tangible...
 It's given and it's not given...
 Appears and disappears...

While the most dominant and everlasting presence
 is death...

No matter how remote it is
 it is certain that no one would be able
                                           to touch its Eternity
 completely indifferent to the madness
 and the passions of the moment
 it sits and waits.


Scheme ABC AXXBXX DXX XC XDAXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 011010 1011010101011 01100111 1011 111 11101 11111101 110110 1010101 0110011100 11001110 01001 101100001010 11 11010111 11101111110 1110100 0100101010 00101010 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 614
Words 103
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 6, 3, 2, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on January 05, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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