Analysis of Washed in the Flame of a Small Galaxy
Jenny waits 3,000 moon-shaped miles away
In Berkeley as I streak to be with her
This daughter of mine
who time has washed
In the flame of a small galaxy
where only certain children
Are born, those who can feel
the brightest clouds
and lead the rest of us
To the edges of our worlds
Up the mountains of our lives
Instructing us to part the curtains
demand light
And share it with those who have trouble
stepping out of the shadows.
This is Jennifer, from that small galaxy
who broke the code
right from the beginning.
| Scheme | XXXXAXXXXXXXXXX AXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111101 0101111110 11011 1111 001101100 1101010 111111 0101 010111 10101101 10101101 010111010 011 011111110 101101 11100111100 1101 110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 507 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 207 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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