Analysis of Racing the Horizon



Ended up
in a perpetual twilight
running towards
what seemed
the dawn

stopped
and turned around

there has to be a night
at the end of which
hopefully
there is a sun


Scheme XAXXX XX AXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101 0001001 1001 11 01 1 0101 111101 10111 100 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 177
Words 38
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 2, 4
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 44
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by Traian06 on April 25, 2024

Modified by Traian06 on April 25, 2024

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