Analysis of Burning the candle at both ends
To see in the dark,
there has to be a spark
of lightning lit on a railway line
absent and frightening.
Give us a moment
to create a movement
with a loud voice
promising a lie by choice.
"Vote for me
and you will see
with CCTV
a light in the darkness?"
| Scheme | AAXX BBCC DDXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11001 111101 11011011 100100 11010 101010 1011 1000111 111 0111 11 010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 261 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
The poem speaks of politicians and their deceptive rhetoric and actions to obtain votes.
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