Analysis of Hopeful Dawns



A Banner waves as gentle winds
drive the eager traveler
far from home to unknown waters
and hopeful dawns.

In ignorance the novice is brave
in confidence the scholar is blind,
but I, I a fool, am sure of nothing.

For beauty I seek beyond horizon
where nature instructs – holding
life in the palms of Her hands,
I give myself wholly

to this unknown fate, accepting
any lesson
that by being weak


Scheme XXXX XXA BAXX ABX
Poetic Form
Metre 01011101 1010100 11110110 0101 010001011 010001011 1110111110 1101101010 1100110 1001101 11110 11011010 1010 11101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 417
Words 85
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 78
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted by GCTHOMAS on January 07, 2024

Modified by GCTHOMAS on January 15, 2024

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