Analysis of Shapes of a flame
Shapes of a flame
Reflected in its shadow
Eternal formless forms of
Raining light
Through its breathless breath
Rising from its sleep
Dawn breaks through
Stillness of
Mists lifting from
The morning fog
Raindrops flow
Through rivers of our lives
Glowing opaqueness
On the trembling edge
Contained within itself
| Scheme | XABX XXXBXX ACCXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 1101 010011 010111 101 11101 10111 111 101 1101 0101 11 1101101 101 101001 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 313 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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