Analysis of SEARCHERS
Upon the good Earth
fate did bestow
a species with
a brain to grow.
When human beings
rose up into space
thousands deserted
our fertile birthplace.
In the fastest ships
full of diligent droids
they cruised by planets
and sped through voids.
As space-time passed
some women gave birth
but the captains lost
all contact with Earth.
They searched the heavens
for life that thrived
but found only bugs
breeding in hives.
Down long spiral arms
they fruitlessly roamed
'til the green fields of Earth
did beckon them home!
Scheme | ABXB CDXD XCXX XAXA XXXX XXAX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 01011 1101 0101 0111 11010 11011 10010 10101 00101 111001 11110 0111 1111 11011 10101 1111 11010 1111 11101 1001 11101 11001 101111 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
Sci-fi with a green ending.
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