Analysis of Walking on Light.
She spread her love thinly,
her kisses lasted days,
forgotten and lonely.
Her mother's lasted a year,
they were rare and full of care.
Her father's a lifetime,
held tighter than air.
| Scheme | ABACDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110110 010101 010010 0101001 1010111 01001 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Lighting up. Living without kisses.
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Written on September 15, 2021
Submitted by heathert.34240 on September 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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