Analysis of A Smoldering Refrain
Straddling the candle,
too close to the flame
A fiery benediction,
—a smoldering refrain
(Grantham New Hampshire: February, 2017)
Scheme | XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
Metre | 10010 11101 0100010 010001 10110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 130 |
Words | 19 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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