Analysis of Sustenance
Your laughter washes me
in golden light
and silver haze
spilling a tidal wave
lifting me above
the weight of rock
assault of words
streets and alleyways
stained in blood
Nothing more I need
but this I do
a highway through
this desert world
Your laughter’s the water
that baptizes me
the sacramental bread
of our communion
wreathing us
in fragrant garlands
the sustenance I breathe
drawing to earth
the light of Heaven
| Scheme | AXB XXXXBX XCCX XAXDXBX XD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 0101 0101 100101 10101 0111 0111 1010 101 10111 1111 011 1101 11010 111 010001 110010 11 0101 010011 1011 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 443 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 6, 4, 7, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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