Analysis of In a moment
Leo Long 1986 (Durban)
The pupil surveyed the sea
Listening to the silent herd
Smelling the fragrance he alone knows
Soft the veld to touch
Savoured he the flavour of the sweet moment
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Tanka (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 0100101 10010101 100101011 10111 110110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 156 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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