Analysis of Homestead Heaven
There is a little island,
in the lake of reality.
It is quite a small one,
with a population of none.
The lake is large and deep,
full of secrets, it must keep.
It's a long journey, I assure;
dark, lonely, with hardships endured.
If you don't drown in the lake,
a little solitude, you can make.
I made it here upon the sand,
I'm building a home on this island.
~greyeyesgabriel 2001
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 001110 111011 1001011 011101 1110111 10110101 11011001 1111001 01010111 11110101 110011110 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 370 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on January 18, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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