Analysis of GLOOMY CRACKS
In the impenetrable network of streets flooded by sunlight
Deep shadows comprise as if a boundary
Between what is named and what is nameless,
They bring bonds with the past life
With recollections buried in the darkness of oblivion,
With events yet existing without any doubt,
And even though gloom hides all the details,
It causes that they become alike
Even in the most essential features —
Deep shadows convey memories of the ancestors
Having very likely similar moments of thoughts
On other streets among other gloomy cracks
And even though they exist under the dark veil of oblivion,
It becomes clear,
That these places still hold warmth of their feet.
We cross these boundaries, not always being aware,
That they are as if dark abysses,
Where everything fades irrevocably —
Planets' routes, choirs' echoes,
Ultimate enigmas, never solved,
And your smile, while enlivening up those nights.
Scheme | XAB XCX XXD DXX CXX XBA XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00010001111011 1101110100 0111101110 1111011 101010001010100 101101001101 0101111001 110110101 1000101010 11011001010 1010101001011 11010110101 01011011001110100 1011 1110111111 111100111001 1111111 110101000 101110 1001101 01110100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 925 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Written on 2022
Submitted by thes.44584 on February 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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