Analysis of Zen
I see a certain
Importance, an energy
Inherent in all
Creation
A warm love that can be
Found somewhere in
Even the ugliest, the
Darkest of places
A kiss after broken
Glass, after thunder, a
Cloak of comfort on
A windswept mountaintop
Time twists and turns
Around every leaf
The flicker of every
Candle, around me
When I walk, the world
Speaks to me, in little
Whispers, without words
Without tone
Pure expression
Of the thing, the self
Being and letting be
All that is, that
Will be
| Scheme | ABXA BXCX ACXX XXBB XXXX AXBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
| Metre | 11010 0101100 01001 010 011111 110 1001000 10110 011010 110100 11101 0110 1101 011001 0101100 10011 11101 111010 10011 011 1010 10101 100101 1111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 458 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on November 04, 2013
Modified on May 01, 2023
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