Analysis of Velvet Swords
Away alone,
sails the sailor from a dream.
A dream that drifts into the abyss.
Serpents fill the dark void,
the children play without a care.
"Don't go there!" yells the Father.
Alas our vanity has chained us,
kept us down from the bliding light.
The children have all grown up.
Confess my sins?
Of all the miracles I've done
I seem to recall none.
Walk across the path,
the exit is the entrance,
the wise walk out the room.
Let the roses bloom,
and Nature gives us time.
Timeless soul, the body rots.
| Scheme | XXX XXX XXX XAA XXB BXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 1010101 011101001 101011 01010101 1111010 0110100111 1111011 0101111 0111 11010011 11111 10101 0101010 011101 10101 010111 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 484 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 10, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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