Analysis of Walking on the Sahara
The angry sun beats upon my brow,
My bare shoulders carry the weight
Invisible to any watching eye,
As I cross the ruling desert
Intent on not letting me through.
The ferocious sand is hungry,
Gnawing on my cracked feet
As I journey, it pulls the energy
From me, steadily banishing me
From my path, my existence.
And still I stop not,
Unaffected by the hindrances,
The tearful delusions choking
My aching mind, my soul that
Begs me further forward, onward now.
Venture, continue, remember,
Replies my heart , beating
Out the harshness of the sun,
Stabbing out the throbbing pain
That I so unwillingly caress.
And then, at last,
At last I am across
Open to the oceans full of life
Which steal me away from the vastness,
The expanse far, far behind me.
Scheme | ABCDEFGFFHIJKLAMKNOPQRSTF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 010110111 11101001 0100110101 11101010 01111011 00101110 101111 1110110100 111001001 1111010 01111 01010100 01001010 1101111 111010101 10010010 011110 1010101 1010101 111010001 0111 111101 101010111 111011010 00111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 726 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 592 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 135 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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