Analysis of Sunshine



"Tell me the sun doesn't
shine when I am gone." She
said softly, eyes looking up,
earnestly at him.

"But it does, my dear, the sun
shines all day long. And I am like
the weary moon, who misses your
warmth on those cold,
dark
nights. "


Scheme AXXX AXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 111111 1101101 10011 1111101 11110111 01011101 1111 1 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 235
Words 52
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 6
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on 2016

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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