Analysis of Continue far
The rain can't hold you in its sky
Nor the dewy look within your goodbyes
The star you sit has far flown by
And its maiden voyage crystallised
Where many saplings have long since died
Without your care to keep their silent sigh
This is our love yet still I try
To search for you within my eye
Its tether flying free from mine
And vivid colours unify
Wherein my heart awaits the nigh
of returning love upon my thigh
Still I hold on close to you and I
| Scheme | AXAB BAAA XAAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111011 101010111 01111111 0110101 110101111 0111111101 111011111 11110111 11010111 010110 01110101 101010111 111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 451 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on March 23, 2023
Submitted by heathert.34240 on March 23, 2023
Modified on April 14, 2023
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