Analysis of Sun Shines
The sun shines,
I stare across into nowhere.
I see the tops of trees
and wonder why they are alone.
All the buildings spiral into the air:
phallic soldiers without uniform.
Is this a man's world?
What would it be like if women
had dominated from the beginning?
A lot different to what I see now.
Changes occur,
this century is different,
and the next? Who knows?
Here we are, naked and free,
we live by rules, a paradox.
This world needs changing
so our children's children
shall live in peace.
The sun shines,
I stare across into everywhere.
Scheme | Ab xx bxx cdx xxx xx dcx Ab |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 011 1101011 110111 01011101 1010100101 10100110 11011 11111110 110010010 0110011111 1001 11001100 00111 1111001 1111010 11110 1101010 1101 011 11010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 523 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on June 04, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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