Analysis of Old Embers Near Extinguished
Smiling to himself …
Again, he had fallen in love
Amazed at the moment …
A line crossed, forever blurred
Laughing inside …
His humanity back on display
All doubts ignited …
Old embers near extinguished, on fire
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Scheme | XXXX XXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 01111001 011010 0110101 1001 101001101 11010 1101010110 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 251 |
Words | 42 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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