Analysis of Eternity
Cast upon a shore of time,
a small messenger awaits tomorrow,
to be discovered,
or to stay;
a fragment of eternity.
Scheme | ABCDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Tanka (40%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
Metre | 1010111 011000101 11010 111 01010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 111 |
Words | 21 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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