Analysis of when i was a stone
when i was a stone
i laid tirelessly on this earth
high atop a knoll and was content to be
until someone had fallen
and loosened my grip
from the dirt
different from when the rains came
different from when the drips drained
the gap that distanced me
allowed me to suddenly roll
as much as i could
until momentum took hold
and spirited me on
and though the winds quelled
i crumbled along a trajectory
landing finally
and my pores
slowly relaxed
my igneous skin cracked -
i laid and saw the ultra sky
the sand that shored around me
was always the thing in sight
and i smiled with great delight
looking back from where i rolled
- up on the long hill
where i forever been
the sand came
washing over me
with silent whispers
in harmony
...... i can finally here what
they're saying to me ......
............we were once like you ........
Scheme | XXAXXX BX AXXCXXAA XX X X ADDCXXBAXAXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 11100111 10101011011 011110 01011 101 10011011 10011011 011101 01111001 11111 0101011 010011 01011 1100100100 10100 011 1001 110011 11010101 0111011 110101 0111101 1011111 11011 110101 011 10101 11010 0100 1110011 11011 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 812 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 2, 8, 2, 1, 1, 13 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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