Analysis of The day of the eclipse
We drove all night long to go see the solar eclipse
The kids were peacefully asleep in the rear seat
At dawn we finally reached the promontory
Many had set up camp to get together here
Such as the hot coffee, the ambience was friendly
This is a day that I will always remember
Not the eclipse itself, but this magic moment
All these unknown people gathered on a hilltop
Who came from several lives and from different places
Just together to share few seconds of a dream.
When darkness plunged hill in the supernatural
all admiring glances converged into a beam
as if they recovered inner joy and wonder
as children reach out to catch the moon in the sky
or to catch the boats on the ocean horizon
because they have not yet learned the earthly limits
Rise by feeling yourself and feeling the others
And progress pursuing the same goal together
Like on this holy hill, the day of the eclipse
All these people gathered turned towards the heavens
All these people looking in the same direction
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Metre | 1111111101001 010100010011 111100101 101111110101 1101100100110 11011111010 100101111010 11011010101 1111010110010 101011110101 11011000100 101010010101 111010101010 110111101001 111011010010 011111101010 111001010010 01010011010 111101011001 111010101010 111010001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on September 26, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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