Analysis of The Landslide

Zaheerah 2002 (Walvis Bay)



And I fell in love
With this priceless beauty of words.
That never once uttered a hello.
I fell deep, hard and fast.
Like a landslide
On a rainy day
It all came crashing down.

And I fell in love
With this idea of not falling.
That I'm stable.
I fell slow and soft.
Like a feather
On a bright summer's day
It drifted down.

And I fell in love
With this understanding of hope.
That I'm gonna make it.
I fell wholly and entirely
Like leaves
In a dull autumn day.
It fell with precision.

And I fell in love
With you I guess.
That it's you
I fell mercilessly and fully- I shown
Like sunflowers
In a laughter filled spring day.
I fell hard.


Scheme Axxxxbc Axxxxbc Axxxxbx Axxxxbx
Poetic Form
Metre 01101 11101011 110110001 111101 101 10101 111101 01101 110101110 1110 11101 1010 101101 1101 01101 1101011 111011 111000100 11 001101 111010 01101 1111 111 11100001011 110 0010111 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 613
Words 126
Sentences 15
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by Zaheerahalia on July 03, 2021

Modified on April 19, 2023

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