Analysis of The Separation



In the dawn
a ray of sunlight whispers
And the silence
is forever shattered.

As night falls
drapes are drawn
Dark eyes open
to view the sight.

Only a breath
separates the two.
A knife's edge
between light and dark.


Scheme AXXX XAXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 001 011110 0010 101010 111 111 1110 1101 1001 1001 011 01101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 210
Words 40
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on April 09, 2016

Modified on March 14, 2023

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