Analysis of Fanning The Flame
Being is to
becoming
As seedlings are
to blooms
Today as to
tomorrow
Midnight
unto noon
Sparks beget
a brilliance
As fans beget
the flame
Breath into
a sonnet
A child
aptly named
A thought
once spoken freely
The scent
of chosen prey
A smile
when returning
A love
—to give away
(Dreamsleep: October, 2022)
| Scheme | AB XX AX XX CX CX AX XX XX XD XB XD X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (68%) |
| Metre | 1011 010 1101 11 0111 01 1 101 101 010 1101 01 101 010 01 101 01 11010 01 1101 01 1010 01 1101 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 323 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 19 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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