Analysis of Mage
Charlene Delfin 1990 (Mandaluyong City)
A year ago, the sun went down,
And life was blanketed in night,
One without the moon and her crown
Of every bright, sparkly starlight.
The people felt their way around,
Trying so hard with all of their might.
No one knew if they would make it.
He searched in the darkness with them.
He kept searching with every wit,
Though he found nothing. No omen.
Not so if everything was lit.
He was doing the best he can.
To make a light that was controlled
Without a single need to hold,
Even in water or in cold.
With just a thought and with his hands,
He procured a light that will glow,
Until tonight on all the lands.
He passed it on and they still grow,
Like illuminated wands,
From person to person, they go.
Scheme | A B A B X B C X C X C X D D D E F E F X F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111 01110001 10101001 11001101 01011101 101111111 11111111 11001011 111011001 11110110 1111011 11100111 11011101 01010111 10010101 11010111 10101111 01011101 11110111 101001 11011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 684 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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