Analysis of Flaming Heart



Flaming heart, dripping with desire,
Living a lie, burning like fire.
Sleeping softly, lying awake,
Knowing that some can happiness make.
Not for I, my soul had died,
Knowing someone else has lied.
To give me strength, and give me wings,
And never do a thousand things.
Flaming heart, sleep thee now,
Wrapped up tight in your silken gown.
Death is but approaching fast,
Waiting for Hell to free me at last.


Scheme AABBCCDDEFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 101101010 100110110 10101001 101111001 1111111 101111 11110111 01010101 101111 11101101 1110101 101111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 395
Words 72
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 317
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted by mustafa_m on October 17, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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