Analysis of The Lonely Unicorn
In cool velvet haze of early morn'
Stood the lonely unicorn.
Without a thread to keep her warm,
Nay save for the love she mourn.
The love within her tender heart
Did fall and was shattered apart.
She did not know from whence to start
How to repair love's fragile art.
Love in its simplicity
Once had seemed so clear to be.
The unicorn's heart was wild and free,
Her spirit soared to ecstasy.
Now she stands an cold bare ground.
Nay, a love for to be found.
She sighs away, a fallen clown
As velvet haze gather 'round.
She will sigh and she will cry for many, many years
To drowned her pain in bitter rain,
The flood of lost love's tears.
Scheme | AABACCCCDDDDEEFEGHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011011101 101010 01011101 1110111 01010101 11011001 11111111 11011101 1010100 1111111 0111101 01011100 1111111 1011111 11010101 1101101 1110111110101 11010101 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 123 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 494 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on November 08, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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