Analysis of A Lunar Umbra
She's the diamonds in the night,
And I am the canvass of shade,
She's the snowflakes falling from the sky,
And I am the clouded gray,
As her mirrors cast their light,
I am without a face,
From the egg till stricken blind,
I am the white,
In her eyes.
Scheme | ABCDAEFAG |
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Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
Metre | 1010001 01101011 10110101 0110101 1010111 110101 1011101 1101 001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 242 |
Words | 50 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on July 17, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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