Analysis of Tidal Moons



Wayword ties the heart to stone and slips into the sea.

Worthy drowns in disregard.

Tidal moons dislodge the weight and waters take control.

Worthy, now, floats light but does not give way.

Freedom lives in the breadth of every day.


Scheme X X X A A
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 110111010101 101001 1010101010101 1011111111 10100111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 228
Words 41
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by hardinchristina on May 12, 2021

Modified on April 28, 2023

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