Analysis of Unlit Candles Give No Light



Un-told yarns tell no tale.
Un-lit candles give no light.
Un-shared joys become stale and darken out of sight.
Un-kissed lips stir no fire.
Un-held bodies give no clutch.
Un-loved hearts sink in mire and plummet out of touch.
Un-ploughed fields bear no fruit.
Un-placed passions give no base.
Un-tried faith hugs no root and dwindles out of grace.
Un-moved feet find no dance.
Un-played music give no beat.
Un-brave souls take no chance and weaken out of bleat.
Un-kind acts show no care.
Un-paid honors give no praise.
Un-felt zeal has no flare and gyrates out of phase.
Un-fed birds sing no song.
Un-missed fervor gives no fate.
Un-bent pride stays too long and decays out of date.


Scheme ABBCDDEFFGHBIJJKLL
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1110111 111011010111 1111110 1110111 111101010111 111111 1110111 111111010111 111111 1110111 111111010111 111111 1110111 11111101111 111111 1110111 111111001111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 666
Words 119
Sentences 18
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 529
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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