Analysis of Crossing—Over
Expect good things
the moment breathes
Your fear abandoned
the darkness leaves
When least expected
the current calls
Tomorrow waiting
—beyond the falls
(Dreamsleep: December, 2022)
Scheme | XXXX XAXA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 0101 11010 0101 11010 0101 0110 0101 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 184 |
Words | 28 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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