Analysis of Shadows
Neil isenhart 1969 (Utah)
Shadows lurking in the corner
Subtle unforgiving images linger
I'm masking bunny shadows with my fingers
Curse the shadows by day
Curse them by night
They sure give. Me a fright
| Scheme | AABCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100010 10001010010 1101011110 10111 1111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 180 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Written on July 06, 2022
Submitted by neil_i on July 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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