Analysis of Eternal Flame
xheri wright steffen 1973
As I glance into the darkness
On a rainy summer night
My candle let's off a magnificent light.
The candle's wick gets hit by the rainy mist
As it looks like a butterfly so graceful with wit
Children of tomorrow and those of today
Will forever be our dancing butterflies in so many ways
For the flicker of the candle sparkles in the littlest of eyes.
Even as the flame gets blown out
The sparkle is still alive in all our children's eyes
| Scheme | XAA XX XX BXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101010 1010101 11011001001 0111110101 111101011011 1010101101 1010110101001101 10101010100010011 10101111 01011010110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 440 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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