Analysis of Lightning
His love was
a lightning bolt
that split her
bones and left
her stalked out
on the grass.
She made his
heart beat like
thunder and his
soul sing with
| Scheme | X X X X X X A X A X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (80%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 111 0101 110 101 011 101 111 111 1001 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 12 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 3 |
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Written on 2016
Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022
Modified on April 28, 2023
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