Analysis of Black
I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight.
I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song?
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111100101111111111110110111101011 110101011111111111111101111100111 |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 105 |
| Words per line (avg) | 30 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on November 09, 2015
Submitted by zacharycdiaz810 on September 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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