Analysis of Fire
Dancing like a Sprite,
Leaping in the night;
When it's time for bed,
This thing must be fed
Helps to cook the food,
Is hurtful to touch,
A little is good,
A lot is too much
| Scheme | AABBCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 10001 11111 11111 11101 11011 01011 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 165 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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