Analysis of Magnitude

Patricia Pease 1935 (Des Moine, Iowa)



A sky full of stars
Fragrant smoke drifts my way
My heart hopes to thank you
But what can I say

For laughter and kindness
For times in the sun
I'll hold them forever
When our times were one


Scheme XAXA XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01111 101111 111111 11111 110010 11001 111010 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 190
Words 40
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Written on July 30, 2020

Submitted by patriciap.20403 on March 10, 2022

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Patricia Pease

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