Analysis of Evident



If every gift came unwrapped there would be no surprise.
much of life would be mundane: few thrills to realize.
Perception of clairvoyants, discerning what to see,
would spoil a good novel's plot or divine mystery.
What lies around the corner and past the twisting bend
is there to be discovered from starting line to end.
Fundamental absolutes from foregone conclusions
remove possibilities with many inclusions.
Inevitable results in tournament games and sport
destroys anticipation and interest will abort.
When everything's obvious and clearly evident,
conversation is boring with no cogent dissent.
Of the coming attractions we need not ascertain
which will amuse or challenge, to growth it is germane.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 11001101111101 111110111110 01011010111 1101101101100 1101010010101 1111010110111 01010111010 010100110010 01000010100101 010010010101 110100010100 010110111001 101001011101 1101110111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 694
Words 110
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 583
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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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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