Analysis of In the blink of an eye
I wake from the darkness to say hi to the world
A bright light meets my eyes as the as the sun meets the earth
I wake out of dark to see my child born
I wake from the darkness to feel the morning like dew on the grass
I feel new
I wake to hear my grandchildren calling papaw push us
Like the rays of the sun kissing the clouds do I feel a little wiser
I wake from the darkness a bright light meets my old eyes
I wait till all are near to say goodbye as I close my eyes back to the darkness now
What will be I don't know a light darkness all unknown
In a blink of an eye I am gone now to a new journey
Life it's all in the blink of the eye
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010111101 01111110101101 1111111111 1110101101011101 111 1111110101011 101101100111101010 1110100111111 11111111111111110101 1111110110101 001111111110110 111001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 646 |
| Words | 150 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 495 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 142 |
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