Analysis of Thoughts of Sand
The brown sand of the unpaved street
blows into open windows with speed
and sneaks in through holes and cracks.
Of course, you can ignore these attacks
or fight back this time and once more
to momentary have a stainless floor,
feeling free from smudges and smears
in a land full of bitter tears.
This sand will keep reminding
for its grains have long been grinding
over the traces of suffering and sorrow
of people that died decades ago.
Carried by grains are the tragic remains
of those who were questioned with awful pains.
The sand now in its steady tide
is charging us all with the homicide.
You can sweep, flush it or take a shower,
the sense of the event will keep its power.
Scheme | XXAABBXX CCDDEE FFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111011 101101011 0101101 111101101 11111011 110010101 1011101 00111101 1111010 11111110 100101100010 110110101 1011101001 1110101101 01101101 110111010 1111111010 01100111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 667 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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