Analysis of Candlelight
I watched a ship burn at sea last night,
surrounded by shores it never would reach.
I wanted to be on board
to swab its flaming deck with gasoline
and hoist its fiery sails to catch solar winds.
I wanted to sail it and bring it to port.
Without hesitation, I dove into the dark waters
and swam towards it...
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111111 0101111011 1101111 111101110 011100111101 11011101111 0101011010110 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 300 |
Words | 60 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 60 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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