Analysis of Mirage
Far away in a dusty land,
Where turmoil and tumult grips the heart of man.
Black rain fell from a distant field,
And fire ablaze that would not yield.
Desert ships crossed trecherous dunes of sand,
And sun parched salts blister upon the hand.
War rages on and time stands still,
Religion is but a weapon many weild.
Scarce of breath my lungs impatiently demand,
Heavy soot tarped over too thick to stand.
Between the shutter of eyes grit-filled,
A wavering curtain of green revealed.
Scheme | AXBB AAXX AAXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10100101 1101010111 11110101 010011111 10111111 0111100101 11010111 01011010101 11111010001 1011101111 010101111 0100101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 472 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on January 29, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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