Analysis of Embers of Remembrance
Ran to the edge of eternity,
I saw you wading in your brand new wind,
Always just out of hand,
Always just out of reach of time,
And I heard the whisper,
The name we all have come to know so well.
'Till the end of time I’ll hear your breath pass my ears,
As if dropped from your lips,
And carried away,
To one day, rustling, find me,
Listening intently,
Waiting for it all to end,
And maybe begin again one day.
Dancing through dreams of you and I,
I through yours,
You through mine,
On the edge of this shadowed forest,
Where the embers of remembrance,
Are only fuelled to roaring flame,
Hopeful that its light might guide our way,
To where we have never been,
And will be nevermore.
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Metre | 110110100 1111001111 11111 1111111 011010 0111111111 101111111111 111111 01001 1111011 100010 1011111 010010111 10111101 111 111 101111010 10101010 110101101 1011111101 1111101 01110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 9 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
About this poem
A long lost dance within what seems akin to a whimsical dream.
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Submitted by WitheringSurface on May 14, 2022
Modified by WitheringSurface on May 14, 2022
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