Analysis of Shoreline
How many before,
Have looked across oceans,
Unable to imagine,
What lies beyond.
The gulf between stars,
Scattered like glitter,
To tantalize the mind,
With distances we can't relate.
I stoke my fire,
Sparks chase smoke,
Into endless blackness,
Dying quickly in cold night air.
Measurement within infinity.
How,why,what for,
Do we exist,
Except perhaps to wonder.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHFIJKLAMF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001 110110 0101010 1101 01011 10110 11001 11001101 11110 111 011010 10100111 100010100 11 1101 0101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 348 |
Words | 59 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 288 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on June 08, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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