Analysis of Dark



It is when
within the darkness
of ignorance
when you shout
do you shine


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (60%)
Cinquain  (60%)
Tanka  (20%)
Metre 111 01010 1100 111 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 67
Words 14
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted on December 06, 2016

Modified on March 14, 2023

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