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
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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