Analysis of FIRE & LIGHT
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Creature of fire and light
Emitting energies,
Lethal up too close.
Its light radiates
Outward through the darkness,
Healing from a distance.
Burning all it touches
People turned to charcoal,
All but burnt away.
Its energies heal
Or reduce to mere ashes,
If it reaches you.
Not an evil creature
Still its radiation,
Is deadly if it's near.
Starting forest fires
By merely brushing trees,
Not evil but lethal.
Fire and light and heat
Generated by the presence,
Of this life form.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | XAX XXB CXX XCX XXX XAX XBX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011001 010100 10111 1110 101010 101010 101110 10111 11101 11001 1011110 11101 111010 11010 110111 101010 110101 110110 100101 1001010 1111 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 529 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Creature of fire and light Emitting energies, Lethal up too close.
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