Analysis of Phoenix
Now I know how Phoenix feels,
For I rose again, though I was dead.
Now I know it can be done
And what my fate will be in flight
Isn’t, finally, so important.
Only that I left the earth
To soar away towards the sun
As far as beating wings would take me.
| Scheme | ABCDEFCG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 111011111 1111111 01111101 11001010 1011101 11010101 111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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