Analysis of To the Stars



Brief is my existence but Oh dear! you are eternal!
I see you but can you see my musings diurnal?
I will die one day. Will you keep my consciousness infernal?


Scheme AAA
Poetic Form Tercet 
Triplet
Metre 11101011111010 1111111110010 111111111100010
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 156
Words 31
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on August 15, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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