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
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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