Analysis of Hope Afire
Faith is stronger than its outcome,
an end unto itself
Where souls enmire in hope afire
—to light the dream indwelt
(The Book Of Prayers: November, 2019)
| Scheme | XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1110111 111001 1110101 11011 0111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 152 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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