Analysis of Destined path



I walk a path of hidden stone
with footsteps here and there,
I walk it slowly and alone,
a path not many dare.

It leads me to the ocean's shore
I touch the sand and sea,
there weaving in and out,it roars,
so endless and so free.

The path still winds on to a stream,
I cross a bridge of oak
and in the clouds I see a dream,
The flash, a lightning stroke.

I cross a field that stretches far
as night begins to rise,
I see a wish,a shooting star
as daylight slowly dies.

The wind is wakened from its sleep
as on the path I walk along,
I hear it crying, see it weep,
I feel the sadness of its song.

The path now leads into the sky,
a beam of moonlight light my way,
it climbs still on the wings of high,
beneath the world at sleep it lay.

Then at the Cliff, at top I stand
and see the vast earth spread.
Before me lay both sea and land,
I see the path that lead.

I see it's made of silver stone,
I hold a dream of light,
I stood there in the dark,alone
and knew I had to write.


Scheme ABAB XCXC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK LMLM ANAN
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11011101 11101 11110001 011101 11110101 110101 1100011 110011 01111101 110111 00011101 010101 11011101 110111 1101101 11101 0111111 11011101 11110111 11010111 01110101 0111111 11110111 01011111 11011111 010111 01111101 110111 11111101 110111 111001 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 942
Words 208
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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