Analysis of A Tinge Of Lilac
My window opens wider
as my focus narrows down
The words are now much richer
than what I used to think profound
The light brings joy and substance
filling corners deep and closed
Its breezes tinged with lilac
—all negatives exposed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | AX AX XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 1110101 0111110 11111101 0111010 1010101 110111 110001 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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