Analysis of The Distance Between Us



Thousands of miles away,
Clock ticking in different day,
Your moon rises,
while mine sank,
yet we never seemed to mind.

The distance that brings us together,
is the same distance that keep us
apart.
And will maybe one day join us as
one.


Scheme AAXXX XXXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (40%)
Metre 101101 11001001 1110 111 1110111 010111010 10110111 01 011011111 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 228
Words 44
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 5
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on October 17, 2010

Modified on May 01, 2023

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