Analysis of Underneath this setting sun.



I love the setting sun.
It’s gold.
It’s amber.
It's dusky pinks.
My soul restores in this light.
Its nestles in.
This is home.
Air is cooling at a rapid rate.
The sun leaves us,
Like a promiscuous lover.
Gone to lay on the other side of the world.
The stars are ghostly children,
Taking their first steps on scene.
"Is he gone?" They say of the sun.
I swear I can see them smile, as they come out to play.
The night is theirs, but not quite yet.
The heavy heat of day flees from the land,
A vanquished foe.
Time.
The clock is the champion.
The sweet air drags from our skin the humid cling of the day.
Our lungs sing sighs of "Home, Home"
The brilliant light of ending day dims.
Sleepy, quiet and still.
Kissing the lips of our loves,
"Goodnight, Sleep tight."
And nothing could be sweeter than this April evening.
When we were alive, and young.
Underneath this setting sun.


Scheme ABCDEFGHICJAKALMNOPALGQRSETUA
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 11 110 111 1101011 1100 111 111010101 0111 1010010 11110101101 0111010 1011111 11111101 1111111111111 01111111 0101111101 0101 1 0110100 011111010101101 10111111 010111011 101001 10011101 111 0101110111010 1100101 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 850
Words 168
Sentences 26
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 29
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 665
Words per stanza (avg) 166
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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