Analysis of Sparks
Little stars dot
The sky
Like sparks that pop
Thrown onto
Dewy grass
They only glow
For a minute
And then fizzle
As we dance
Around our bonfire
Spinning twirling
Whirling
Through a
Heavy darkness
As if we were
Planets
Dancing
Around a faraway
Spark of life
| Scheme | XXXXXXXX XABBXXAXBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011 01 1111 110 101 1101 1010 0110 111 011010 1010 10 10 1010 1110 10 10 010101 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 11 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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