Analysis of My First Candle
My first candle came
A long long time ago
When I was
So very small
I could barely blow
Since I've counted many candles
I wonder now and then
If God would grant my wish
Would I do it all again?
| Scheme | ABCDBEFGF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 011101 111 1101 11101 11101010 110101 111111 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 184 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 12, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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