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


Scheme AXBB CCXX DDXAX
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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Gabriel McBride

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