Analysis of One Last Breath
Tami Towers 1973 (Arcadia)
Despair denies a red sunrise; Hope seeks blue eternal skies.
Life unfolds in somber refrain;
A simple vote will ease our pain.
No sunset on pillow's grace tonight;
Peace exhales uncolored light.
Waves still break on shifting sand;
Walk not backward as we stand.
Let sullen hues caress your sighs,
And faith eternal take your nighs.
I am the love which voids disdain;
Give future's time to sink your pain.
Even after a dark, stormy night;
We have a star to share our fight.
We will rise upon this death;
Let our hearts have one last breath.
| Scheme | A BB CC DD AA BB CC EE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010111110101 10101001 010111101 1111101 1111 1111101 1110111 11010111 01010111 11011101 11011111 101001101 110111101 1110111 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 525 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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