Analysis of Hollow

Asher J. Bond

Streetlights flicker in and out,
with headlights chasing shadows.
A resounding ring rushes, and then strows—
how quickly, do all the lights go out!

- Asher J. Bond

Scheme ABBA X
Poetic Form Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 110001 11101 0010110011 110110111 1011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 162
Words 28
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted on September 02, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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