Analysis of Keep a light on
Love is a bird
Which flies in faraway meadows
Each night,when I open my eyes
Love hurts me like a sharpened arrow
Full of wants and desires.
So I open my lamp
And pray to the almighty
For a happy ending
To my earthly love
While my heart keeps on burning like fire
| Scheme | XXXXX XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 1101 1101011 1111011 111101010 1110010 111011 0110010 101010 11101 1111110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 264 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Written on November 15, 2023
Submitted on November 14, 2023
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