Analysis of Where Souls Exist
Imagine if you will empty space,
now on this canvas superimpose light.
And where dreams and reality embrace,
draw rectangles that glow in the night.
On these murals color comes to view,
and seems to push the darkness away.
Subtle shades shimmer a violet hue,
as magic lights this puzzling array.
Two dimensions offering a paradise,
similar beacons of warmth and light.
Providing escape not once but twice,
by choosing either the left or right.
It's hard to see any differences there,
for each panel is teaming with wildlife.
Yet only one holds hope over despair,
though both reflect serene themes without strife.
Left shows a cabin at its center,
while in the right only nature thrives.
They equally beg you to enter,
but just one holds signs of human lives.
Fantasy worlds surrounded by black,
but pick wise as you step through the glass.
For like Alice there's no going back,
from where souls exist or souls trespass.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EBEB FGFG HXHX IJIJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 010111101 111100011 01101001 11011001 111010111 011101001 1011001001 1101110001 1010100010 100101101 010011111 110100111 11111010001 111011011 1101111001 1101011011 110101110 100110101 110011110 111111101 100101011 111111101 111011101 11101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 896 |
Words | 159 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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