Analysis of Skylines and Sunsets



drifting through the sky
in our old sailboat
warmed by the sun - so near!
and dusk's heavy overcoat
/one hand holding on
we were sailing west
the other hand in yours - you
held it best
/I feel the hum of your laugh,
the stretch of your smile,
the blue waves crash
though the ocean is a far mile
below us
/brilliant views unfold
as our heart's enfold
and the perfect sky shifts
to a sunset of gold


Scheme ABCBDEFEGHIHJKKLK
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 01011 110111 011010 11101 10101 0101011 111 1101111 01111 0111 10101011 011 10101 110101 000111 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 380
Words 79
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 308
Words per stanza (avg) 79
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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