Analysis of Everlasting
On the edge of horizons that spread like the sea,
everlasting as the sky.
On the brink of the heavens of darkness's eternity,
everlasting echo’s cry.
The line that is drawn from the east to the west,
everlasting on and on.
the waves of the shore that keep coming, no rest,
everlasting, never gone.
The sand of the dessert that glitters like gold,
everlasting, dead and dry.
The years of this time from its youth to its old,
everlasting, going by.
The ring of the moon as it circles the core,
everlasting, half light swords.
Never, forever, and after, and more,
everlasting, endless words.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DBDB EXEX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 101101011101 010101 1011010110100 010101 01111101101 010101 01101111011 010101 01100111011 010101 01111111111 010101 01101111001 010111 1001001001 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 575 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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