Analysis of One Candle Burns
By facing death,
we embrace life more
We see the limits,
each minute core
Seen as a friend,
all life betroths
Each moment treasured,
our loved ones close
And when we face
that final day
A voice more gentle,
bids us sway
Into the dark,
one candle burns
Death’s welcome light
—for our return
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2019)
| Scheme | XA BA XB XX XC XC XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 10111 11010 1101 1101 111 11010 10111 0111 1101 01110 111 0101 1101 1101 11001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 314 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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