Analysis of Unforgiving Beauty



Windswept,
the vast red dunes
of inland Australia
form a parched ocean, spanning time ~
Timeless.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Cinquain 
Metre 1 0111 11010 10110101 10
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 93
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Inge Meldgaard

Born in Denmark in 1953, I migrated to Australia with my family in 1957. After spending my school years in Yallourn, I moved to Melbourne in 1970 to attend Monash University. Having graduated with a science degree in 1975, I worked in various fields, such as youth work, teaching, politics (with a special interest in the natural environment), social research, community development, and finally, information technology. I have also completed two graduate diplomas: one in sociology and the other in information technology, both at Swinburne University. Now retired, my last position was as an IT Manager at Monash University. Gardening, art, poetry and writing have also been life-long interests.I have recently published my first book, 'The Cicada', which is a crime/mystery novel, set in Australia, four hundred years into the future.Website: ingemeldgaard.daportfolio.com more…

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