Analysis of Of life and light
Mark Cloutier 1972 (Kaneohe)
Life leads us
To a truth that transcends
This world and its end
A truth which is endless
Of life and light
With words and knowledge
That appear and disappear
Only to remain untouched
By thousands that hate
Its message of peace
Within a world
Of turmoil and passion
Of light and life
Never surpassing the night
But awakening the sun
As the moon follows
Us through the day
As the stars take stage
In the darkness of space
Only to be hated
Of the day that raged
Into the night
| Scheme | ABCADEFGHIJKLDKMNOPQRD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 101101 11011 011110 1101 11010 101001 1010101 11011 11011 0101 11010 1101 1001001 1010001 10110 1101 10111 001011 101110 10111 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 453 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 383 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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