Analysis of The Palest Moon
The wind blows his hair around her
Like a long, black silken cord,
His shadow is prevailing
and through the dark she soars.
If his eyes could only see her
as she sails past his soul,
The palest of all moons
has surrendered evermore.
And as his sun is setting
and the stars come out to play,
He senses someone's there
Someone who's never been away...
Within his distant shadow
shines a sliver of her moon;
Too pale to be brilliant
Too late...
And too soon.
Scheme | AXBX AXXX BCXC XD XXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111010 1011101 111010 010111 11111010 111111 010111 101010 0111110 0011111 11011 1110101 011101 1010101 111110 11 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 439 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on September 12, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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