Analysis of Timelessness
Some things were here before we came and stay after we go
Human beings have brevity in the eternal flow
The planets spun before we came and spin after we go
Orbit patterns have constancy in the eternal flow
The mountains stood before we came and stand after we go
Stately summits have majesty in the eternal flow
The oceans rolled before we came and roll after we go
Tidal currents have gravity in the eternal flow
The redwoods grew before we came and grow after we go
Skyscraper trees have sovereignty in the eternal flow
The sunbeams gleamed before we came and gleam after we go
Celestial rays have energy in the eternal flow
Some things were here before we came and stay after we go
Durable cores have timelessness in the eternal flow.
Scheme | Aa aa aa aa aa aa Aa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111011011 10101100000101 01010111011011 10101100000101 01010111011011 10101100000101 01010111011011 10101100000101 0110111011011 1011100000101 0110111011011 01011100000101 11010111011011 100111000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 737 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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