Analysis of Life According to Nature...
like a wave upon the ocean,
the top of the forest moves,
guided by a northern breeze;
bringing the mountains its frigid freeze...
leaves falling like rain,
colored by their dying,
sharing the pain,
while the pines stand crying...
a new carpet laid by the old,
blanketing the unborn from the cold,
a shelter of wisdom falling,
for the lost with a silent calling...
from within a forest of hope,
where nature's learned to cope,
unspoken words whispered in the wind,
knowing where youve been...
the cycle of life;
ever dying, being reborn,
each pierced by its thorn,
always battling the elements,
of its unforgiven strife...
Scheme | XXAA BCBC DDCC EEXX FGGXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 0110101 1010101 100101101 11011 101110 1001 101110 01101101 100011101 01011010 101101010 10101011 110111 010110001 10111 01011 10101011 11111 11000100 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on April 17, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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