Analysis of You Set The Flame
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
It was not me who came,
To set the flame.
Initiating,
The blazing of a disastrous fire.
You did that.
Not me.
With a wish to rid.
My peaceful life.
I gave you respect to give it.
And sincerity as well.
Unreturned.
Now it is you who burns.
Screaming as if,
Unfamiliar in your own created hell.
You set the flame.
Remember?
And I...
Wanted to stay and dwell,
Peacefully.
Yet you,
Came with intentions to end that.
Not to share but destroy.
Remember?
I do!
Scheme | aaxbcdxx xecxxeaB xedfcxBf |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1101 0100 0101001010 111 11 10111 1101 11101111 0010011 1 111111 1011 0100110101 1101 010 01 101101 100 11 11010111 111101 010 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 455 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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