Analysis of Reflection
When I was young,
I had such hunger -
searching for meaning,
reading and dreaming.
II shone so bright.
No time for spite.
Now I am old,
I am much colder ...
too tired for dreaming –
just silent screaming
I miss that child.
He made you smile.
| Scheme | XABB CC XABB XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 11110 10110 10010 1111 1111 1111 11110 110110 11010 1111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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