Analysis of The candles life
Peaceful and timid
Such a luring romance
The flame and the breeze
Have a sensual dance
The moments pass
As the hours grow
Living for longing
Its tender sweet glow
Just enough light
As the wax scent it sends
Forever flickering peacefully
Into slumbers descend
Bound only to reach
The bitter sweet end
Now wick alone
Is only true friend
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXC XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 10010 101001 01001 101001 0101 10101 10110 11011 1011 101111 010100100 01101 11011 01011 1101 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 319 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on October 06, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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