Analysis of The Candle Burns Red
The Candle Burns Red
The night is but our dreams
Where nothing is what it seems
In a love that is all but dead
While our candle light burns red
Lonesome was our sleep
For the tears that you did weep
When I touched upon your head
As we shared each other's bed
From every dropping tear
My life has become unclear
Our love, might still be saved
Under the candle lights red ray
For just one more chance
I can find our lost romance
If you promise, you will stay
Our candle red will never burn away
| Scheme | ABBAA CCAA XXXD EEDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 0111101 1101111 00111111 11010111 101101 1011111 1110111 1111101 1100101 1110101 1011111 10010111 11111 11110101 1110111 10101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 476 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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