Analysis of Love is a Magic Ray
Khalil Gibran 1883 (Bsharri) – 1931 (New York City)
Love is a magic ray
emitted from the burning core
of the soul
and illuminating
the surrounding earth.
It enables us
to perceive life
as a beautiful dream
between one awakening
and another.
| Scheme | XXXAX XXXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 110101 01010101 101 00100 00101 10101 1011 101001 0110100 0010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 196 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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