Analysis of Dark Shadows
Is there room
in your ignorance
for truth to creep in
Are the doors
closed and locked
from inside and within
Will the light
truly gifted
pass over and by
Is your meadow
a wasteland
—and haven for lies
(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)
Scheme | XXA XXA XXX XXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 01100 11110 101 101 101001 101 1010 11001 111 01 01011 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 235 |
Words | 46 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on November 30, 2023
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on November 30, 2023
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