Analysis of Landfalls
I often find near landfalls
in centers of the sea.
Desires overwhelm the truth of authenticity.
I often find oases
in visions of the sand.
Desires overwhelm the truth of chimerical band.
I often find soft rainbows
in shadows of the storm.
Desires overwhelm the truth of realistic form.
I often find flawed shelters
in dangers of the night.
Desires overwhelm the truth of consequential plight.
I often find nirvana
in prospects of the fate.
Desires overwhelm the truth of everlasting bait.
Scheme | AAX ABB ACC ADD XEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 010101 010010110100 1101010 010101 0100101101001 110111 01101 010010110101 1101110 010101 010010110101 1101010 010101 010010110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 474 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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