Analysis of From the Plane
It is a soft thing, it has been sifted
from the sieve of space and seems
asleep there under the moths of light.
Cluster of dust and fire, from up here
you are a stranger and I am dropping
through the funnel of air to meet you.
| Scheme | XXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111110 1011101 011100111 1011010111 1101001110 101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Poem copyright ©2008 by Anne Marie Macari and reprinted from "She Heads into the Wilderness," Autumn House Press
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Written on 2008
Submitted by Drone232 on July 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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