Analysis of Sophia
Blessing
the last poem
I’m ever to write
My body
reposing
Sophia’s delight
With eyes
dimming slowly
each breath growing thin
My spark
to an Angel
— as light to begin
(1st Book Of Prayers: February, 2024)
| Scheme | AXBCABXCDXXD C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 0110 11011 110 1 101 11 1010 11101 11 1110 11101 1111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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