Analysis of Losing
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
Losing too is still ours; and even forgetting
still has a shape in the kingdom of transformation.
When something's let go of, it circles; and though we are
rarely the center
of the circle, it draws around us its unbroken, marvelous
curve.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011110010010 110100101010 1101111100111 10010 1010110111010100 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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