Analysis of Dances with shadows
ChristyLee Colby 1983
The fire is bright
And she sits in the dark
Dancing with shadows
With the moon in the sky
Twilight's violet blue
The twinkle of chimes as the wind joins too
dancing with shadows
All becomes dark in the deep of night
Its quiet and loud
And the dawn will bring light
But she wont speak a sound
Dancing with shadows
| Scheme | axB xccB axaxB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 011001 1011 101001 11001 0101110111 1011 101100111 11001 001111 111101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 314 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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