Analysis of Infinity
Nothing is infinite,
The sun will eventually die.
Nothing is infinite,
Not the rocks nor the dirt.
Nothing is infinite,
Diamonds, planets, humanity.
Nothing is infinite;
Everything eventually dies.
| Scheme | AbAcAdAe |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101100 011010001 101100 101101 101100 10100100 101100 10010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 190 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on October 06, 2009
Modified on March 31, 2023
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