Analysis of Blue Smoke
Karle Wilson Baker 1878 (Little Rock) – 1960
The flame of my life burns low
Under the cluttered days,
Like a fire of leaves.
But always a little blue, sweet-smelling smoke
Goes up to God.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 0111111 100101 101011 1101011101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 146 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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