Analysis of Candle'S wax



The wax candle
On my sill it sits…
Within twilight lit

Into the blackest of the night
It spits
A fiery flame

But, the candle wax
It only drips…

When your heart
Apart from me
Is so far away…


Scheme XAX XAX XX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0110 11111 0111 01010101 11 01001 10101 1101 111 0111 11101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 185
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 2, 3
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 37
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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