Analysis of The Second Kind



I've known two kinds of journeys through
My many years of life.
The kind that kids are taken to
And those I took my wife.

I think that I enjoyed each one,
At least when I remember fun.
The rest were those of childhood years
That time erodes and disappears.

The second kind of journeys are
The kind without a plane
Or camper or a family car,
That leaves a budget drained.

When you have books, your mind can go
To deserts or where there's always snow.
Your journey can go anyplace
In time or somewhere out in space.

Imagination is the ship
On oceans or in space.
You are the captain on that trip;
Adventures to embrace!


Scheme ABAB CCDD EXEX FFGG HGHG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 11111101 110111 01111101 011111 11110111 11110101 0101111 1101001 01011101 010101 110101001 110101 11111111 11011111 1101110 0111101 0010101 110101 11010111 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 621
Words 133
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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Book adventures

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Written on August 15, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on August 16, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on August 16, 2023

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