Analysis of Distant Island

Eric Morales 1998 (Palmdale, CA)



An island just sits beyond the waves,
And I've been adrift for far too many days.
This pain in my chest is heightened without your gaze.
Will I be able to reach you through all this fog and haze?

I get the feeling that this voyage might be dead.
But this grandiose dream replays in my head.
If I were to just hold onto this thin thread.
I know for sure, you and I can surely wed. 

If I were to continue to pull till I reached your shore.
Our spirits will be rejoiced and soar.
And together we will have a whole planet to explore.
We will turn this thread into a great sycamore.

But I have doubts to make this silk to cloth,
Would holes form from a single moth?
And diseases spread from just one cough?
And would our hearts grow old, frail, and soft?

Whatever it will be, my beautiful distant island, you are worth all life's violent torrents.
You're worth holding onto, no matter the deterrence. 
And after all our hard perseverance,
Your happy smile will be all the reassurance.


Scheme XAAA BBBB CCCC DDXX XEEE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 110110101 01101111101 110111100111 11110111111101 110101110111 1101101011 11011110111 11111011101 11010101111111 1010110101 00101110110101 11111010110 1111111111 11110101 001011111 0110111101 10111110010101111110010 1110101100010 0101101010 11011110010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 985
Words 208
Sentences 17
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 37

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Love poem I wrote about a crush I had

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Written on December 06, 2023

Submitted by Váli on December 06, 2023

Modified by Váli on December 07, 2023

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Eric Morales

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