Analysis of DARKNESS
Approached by a man who is blind
Asked me about everything I could see
I told him it was hard to find
People who see the world's beauty
The blind man was shocked to hear
My response was so revealing
Our eyes see darkness really clear
Truth is the light we're all concealing
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01101111 110110111 11111111 10110110 0111111 10111010 101110101 110111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Written on April 05, 2023
Submitted on April 05, 2023
Modified on May 02, 2023
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