Analysis of 32 Candles
32 candles extinguished too soon
A light so bright in a world of gloom
The illumination would light the moon
Those candles shone like the sun at noon
We miss the way you liked to joke
No time too busy for fun to poke
A smile for all you could invoke
Darkness ran when you awoke
A laugh that easily filled the room
An infectious tone like an experts tune
Your energy could dismantle doom
We even miss the way you'd fume
Your light has now been taken away
The world got darker on that day
We carry you with us, inside, you stay
Rest now, sister, sleep well Jay.
| Scheme | ABAA CCCC BABB DDDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1001011 011100111 000101101 110110111 11011111 111101111 01111101 1011101 011100101 1010111101 110010101 11010111 111111001 01110111 1101110111 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 567 |
| Words | 118 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
Written for my sister who passed away.
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