Analysis of Hands
I looked at my hands
They whispered old
No, I cried
My flesh is firm
My eyes are bright
The years controlled
They whispered old
I looked at a tree
Its shimmering leaves above
A robin singing
A song of love
Tell me, tree,
Between you and me
How do you
Your life renew
I looked at the sky
Its azure
Endlessness
Tell me, sky,
Your secret of
Timelessness
I looked at the sun,
The moon and a star
That winked at me boldly
from afar
Tell me, please, let your
wisdom descend
Is there a beginning
Without an end ?
Scheme | aBxx xbBc dedc cffg xagda xhch xiei |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 1101 111 1111 1111 0101 1101 11101 1100101 01010 0111 111 01101 111 1101 11101 110 1 111 1101 1 11101 01001 111110 101 11111 1001 110010 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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