Analysis of The light is cast
Mark cloutier 1972 (Kaneohe)
The light is cast
Into a vast darkness
Of stars and a view
Of a moon and sun above
As clouds and sky
Pass by into the night
And what appears in spheres
Is a plane and a landscape
That is colored with people
Of every face in a day and place
With children greeted
By a father of celestial
Origins and birth
Without mother or family
Or brothers or sisters
Sustained in a glistening light
That illuminates the night
As a world unknown
Comes down upon the grounds
Of a world lost and found
Which only knows those
Who hear without fear
Of one who will come
And cast the light
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKILMNFFOPQRSTF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 010110 11001 1010101 1101 110101 010101 101001 1110110 1100100101 11010 10101010 10001 01101100 110110 01001001 101001 10101 110101 101101 11011 11011 11111 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 458 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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