Analysis of Deep Within
Deep within the ashes,
a last ember burned alone
A final spark to light the torch,
to guide your spirit home
Deep within the ashes,
a last beacon in the fight
Refusing to let the darkness take
—your vestige into night
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)
| Scheme | Ax xx Ab xb x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 0110101 01011101 111101 101010 0110001 010110101 110011 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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