Analysis of Stalagmite
while his rock headstrongly defied
the hails and hurricanes
he was torn by the unheard rains
of the tears he kept confined
his gems dripped down in grief
to dark and misty oceans
hiding in the commonness
of fears and felt distress
on the surface sometimes shines
the gleam of untamed light
a stony blue sky then strongly denies
the eternity of this night
| Scheme | XAAX XXAX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 111101 01010 11110011 1011101 111101 1101010 10001 110101 1010011 01111 0101111001 00100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 347 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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