Analysis of The Weight of One's Shadow
The weight of one’s shadow depends
on the person from whom it descends
Are they perfidious or pure,
mephitic or mild?
Are they luminous in brume
or turbid in still waters?
A shadow oft reveals itself
in the company of others
Heavy shadows share their weight
with anyone who listens
Wispy shadows coruscate,
luminesce and glisten
| Scheme | AA XB XC XC XX BX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111101 101011101 11111 111 1110001 110110 0110101 00100110 101111 110110 1011 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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