Analysis of The Candle (haiku)



Shines with scent
Flickers again and again
Burning away darkness


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 111 1001001 100110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 62
Words 10
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 55
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Malak Shaito

I'm young but getting older. As I grow I learn more and more about this world and its branch, life. People, places, things, Ive met and seen. All come together for me to compose poetry. My thoughts and feelings also play a part in my writing but the influences are myriad. more…

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