Analysis of Dying Love



Loves fuel, a burning desire,
now spent,
the flames of loves passion,
burnt out,
Once hot ambers of the heart,
turned to ash,
caressing warmth of heated touch,
grown cold,
Love now just a yurning hunger,
in my soul...


Scheme ABCDEFGHAI
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 110010010 11 011110 11 1110101 111 01011101 11 1110110 011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 208
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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