Analysis of Lots
For is it our lot to grasp a great height,
and in sandals of gold on the stars streak,
like footprints on sand, long and sleek,
trails to paradise, the moon for a kite?
To view all our torments with mortal sight,
waiting for the ocean from skylines to peak,
and our eyesight bent down to the ground meek,
scurf sprinkling off ramparts by the swelled might?
Thus to have a queen shun with her eyes closed thrice
for I to cool fountains had vowed to lead,
and groan when the sands of time drip their price.
So does a young hand try to rein a steed
by passions overwhelmed many entice,
that remote can be seen across a mead.
Scheme | ABBA ABBA CXC DCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111011 0010111011 1111101 111001101 1111011101 1010101111 0101111011 110111011 11101110111 1111101111 0110111111 1101111101 110011001 1011110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on September 06, 2023
Submitted by robertrad2021 on September 06, 2023
Modified by robertrad2021 on September 07, 2023
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