Analysis of Just Out Of Reach



Over the horizon
a harp is playing

Its call recurring,
its tone Divine

Beyond the swell,
a calm is waiting

Its breeze untethered
—to flow sublime

(Book Of Prayers: November, 2020)


Scheme XA AX XA XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 100010 01110 11010 1101 0101 01110 111 1101 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 173
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 18, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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