Analysis of Who Turns On The Light?
Who comforts when you don't achieve?
Who rouses you to rise?
Who sits up late to hearten you? Who stirs due surprise?
Who listens when you don't respond?
Who sees you in pitch-dark?
Who sits up late to brighten you? Who ignites a spark?
Who fosters when you don't feel well?
Who nurses you to health?
Who sits up late to care for you? Who protects by stealth?
Who entrusts when you don't keep faith?
Who sustains you in prayer?
Who sits up late to shelter you? Who gives breath fresh air?
Who mentors when you don't know how?
Who guides you on the way?
Who sits up late to counsel you? Who makes things okay?
Who worries when you don't come home?
Who misses you at night?
Who sits up late to welcome you? Who turns on the light?
Scheme | ABBCDDEFFGHHIJJKLL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 11111 1111110111101 11011101 111011 1111110110101 11011111 110111 1111111110111 1111111 101101 1111110111111 11011111 111101 111111011111 11011111 110111 1111110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 711 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 558 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 140 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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