Analysis of Life like a candle
Life of a candle
Just like a candle our life has a start and an end.
The wick is our lifeline, our journey.
It all starts fresh and new
But before you’re ready to live it.
Before you’re ready to fully live life.
You need to be lit up.
And the only one who can do that is you.
They say that you will die faster if you live life the fullest.
Just like a candle.
But isn’t that the point?
Don’t you buy a candle to lit it up?
To see it glow, to see it at its prettiest,
To use it where it is meant for?
We are meant to enjoy the time that we have on this planet.
And just like candles when our time on this planet is over, there will be new ones.
So for this little time we have here, make it count
Make it worth.
Don’t be that candle who’s covered in dust
Don’t be that candle that never got the change to be lit up.
| Scheme | A X X B X X C B D A X C D X X X X X D C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 11010 11010101101011 0111011010 111101 101110111 0111011011 111111 00101111111 111111101111010 11010 11101 1110101111 111111111100 11111111 111101011111110 011101101111011011111 111101111111 111 1111011001 111101101011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 809 |
| Words | 173 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 20 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
Before I wrote this poem, I was staring at a candle that I had for a long time. It was all covered in dust. When I lit the candle up I was suprised by how beautiful it was and how amazing it smelled. It made me realize what a shame it was that I didn´t used it for such a long time. It reminded me that sometimes you will have to do things first to see the beauty of it.
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