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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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