Analysis of Darkness
The darkness holds many secrets
Never to be seen
It holds me close to you
Even from the raging sea
It's the beginning and the end
Nothing can take it away
Not even the light of day
It's free and alive
Lay shallow and enslaved...
| Scheme | ABCDEFFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 01011010 10111 111111 1010101 10010001 1011101 1100111 11001 110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 220 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on November 25, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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