Analysis of Situational Ethics (Part 5 of 17)



With no inspiration
I find no words
I've lost my heart
For lack of love.

The one I treasure
Would seem so distant
Her heavenly image
High above.

It seems when we fall
That is when we hurt ourselves the most.


Scheme XXXA XXXA XX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 11010 1111 1111 1111 01110 11110 010010 101 11111 1111100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 198
Words 41
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by atramentous_w on July 03, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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