Analysis of Hollow
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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