Analysis of To our healing earth



To our healing earth

The earth that heals the sin sick soul

The trees that breathe the living air
The sea that breaks the morning dew
within the rising of  moon and stars
that shine of setting suns in golden hues

The masks of reason that help us think
from idols of stable men
 of long gone bards who stand alone on winters shores
opon the ragged edge  
of this tattered page

In weathered tide of ancient flames
Spring in prime sing their time
Leaves of fall do resend

The laughing gull on winded sails
the smothered heart in silent rage
masquerade in wounds of age
of struggling paths we ride
And even steps we rise

To an unbroken circle alive
let time and patience decide
and  to that unspoken to wither and pass
unlock the gates of wonder and to rest
hope springs of joys we sing our primal song


Scheme X X XAXX XXXXB XXA XBBCX XCXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 01110111 01110101 01110101 010101101 1111010101 011101111 1101101 111111011101 10101 11101 01011101 101111 11111 01011101 01010101 010111 1100111 010111 110101001 110101 01101011001 0101110011 11111110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 805
Words 159
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 4, 5, 3, 5, 5
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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