Analysis of Diurna



ossidiana memoria
nuvola rara

nel tempo che l’ape deforma
una orchidea si rugiada

sospira dal centro
sovrana ogni assenza

non lascia altra orma
la vana esistenza


Scheme AA BX AC BC
Poetic Form
Metre 11 110 11111 10111 1110 111 11101 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 167
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by Diquandero on May 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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