Analysis of Polarities
Mirrors are mirroring
The wholeness of halves.
Together, night and day bathe
The roundness of Earth.
Shakespearean quest
To be or not to be,
Is just one riddle
Not two or for two.
White and black,
Are one and not other
Like poles of a magnet,
So other, but one.
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101100 01011 0101011 0111 1001 111111 11110 11111 101 110110 111010 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Written on January 29, 2022
Submitted by d.minculescu on January 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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