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 |
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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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