Analysis of Soul Of The City



The glow of the city
was calming sight
For all of the love
that's there in might

When all for the looking
was there to be
The soul of the city
that's there to see

When all of your friends
are joined as one
And blessed by the sky
that's sole to none


Scheme ABXB XAAA XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 011010 1101 11101 1101 111010 1111 011010 1111 11111 1111 01101 1111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 237
Words 53
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted by Poetbird on April 14, 2021

Modified by Poetbird on April 14, 2021

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