Analysis of lost words



I cannot find the words,
and have looked through every page,
like distant summer birds
that cannot live in winters age.

I flip through inspiration,
reading volumes, but alas,
where is imagination
in the remnants of dead ash.

I call the currents of the wind
to fill my eager eyes,
but in the memory of my mind,
its beauty swiftly dies.

Where is the hope and glister
of the dreams I treasured so,
where is the gentle whisper
of the stars in wonders glow.

Where is the mornings sunrise
singing with a thousand birds,
where is the silver moonrise,
lost, with volumes full of words.


Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG EAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (35%)
Metre 110101 01111001 110101 11010101 111010 1010101 110010 0010111 11010101 111101 100100111 110101 110101 1011101 1101010 1010101 110101 1010101 110101 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 558
Words 105
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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