Analysis of Reflection
Silver ribbons ripple...
The silken voice of moonlight
Echoes along a sleepy surface
While the sea beneath lies dreaming...
Astral whispers paint phantom silhouettes
On a living canvas,
Caressing soft waves, then fading into darkness.
She beams into her magic mirror
Perfecting her pose in different phases,
Reflecting all that she can catch of his distant fire.
She rejuvenates within the rapture
Of his unrivaled heat,
Her silver profile, the perpetual envy
Of shivering rock hunks floating amidst her shadows.
She shakes stardust from her tresses
Into ripe pools of poets dreams,
Assured through the sorcery of her soulmate
That her face forever remains the fairest.
Scheme | ABCDECCFGFFHIJKLBM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010 010111 100101010 10101110 101011001 101010 010111100110 110101010 01001010010 01011111111010 101001010 110101 01010010010 110011100101 1111010 01111101 0110100101 10101001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 652 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 548 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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