Analysis of New Light
The answer unquestioned…
a circle begins
The question unanswered,
enlightenment wins
The answer cries lonely,
a tree with no bark
The question roots deeper
—new light from the dark
(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)
| Scheme | XA XA BC XC B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010010 01001 01010 01001 010110 01111 010110 11101 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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