Analysis of Black Lamps
On the other side of the lake
Arcane awakes
Mist clouds vision
Raw vale begins to quake
Shifting and churning
Water steams up burning
Welkin turns gray
Ash floats away
Black lamps begin to sway
Engulfing their prey
| Scheme | ABCADDEEEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (50%) Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 10101101 11 1110 110111 10010 101110 111 1101 110111 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 205 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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