Analysis of Perfect



God took a bright light
to mark and govern the night:
such is the full moon.


Scheme AAB
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 11011 1101001 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 74
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted by Alastaire on May 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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