Analysis of Daylight
The older you get,
the lighter your shadow becomes
Daylight, constantly giving birth
to new—and ever increasing promise (
Valley Forge Pennsylvania: September, 1976)
From 'An Anthology Of Perception' Vol. #1
| Scheme | XX XX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 01011 0101101 1100101 1101001010 101010010 11010010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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