Analysis of The summit
In the frozen wastes of Antarctica
the only thing lacking
was the Sun
which was found in excess
only in the Sahara Desert.
In the heat and aridity of the Sahara
the only thing lacking was
an Oasis
which was found in excess
only in the Amazon rain-forests.
Immersed in the Amazon Oasis
the only thing lacking
was the Summit
which was found in excess
only in the Himalayan Mountains.
Now that I've reached the highest summit in the Himalayas
I see that you can't dream of
anything higher than this.
On the Summit
the security and serenity
are so soothing and undisturbed
that I could literally
die of Loneliness.
So for that reason...
since I want to live
the only solution is descent.
Scheme | aBcDx axeDx eBfDx gxe fhxhg cxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001011100 010110 101 11101 100001010 0010110010 0101101 1010 11101 100010110 010010010 010110 1010 11101 100001010 11110101000010 1111111 101011 1010 0010000100 1110001 1111000 11100 11110 11111 010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 712 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 3 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on January 07, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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