Analysis of Before The Fire
The eyes of the artist
the spirit of man
The spark before the fire
the vision—before the plan
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)
| Scheme | XA BA B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 011010 01011 0101010 0100101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 135 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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