Analysis of Fire Of Life
I fan the flames
of life,
oxygenating and
rejuvenating my fire
within.
The more I fan,
the greater the fire
and my whole body
is energized.
I feel a great warmth
and comfort,
fuelling at regular
intervals,
to keep my fire from
burning out and
as it dies down,
I fan it,
yet again.
The fire burning from
my heart within,
is my olympic flame
and shall be kept lit,
until my destiny is
determined.
Of course, I shall not
know or do not know,
when my final destiny,
is to be determined.
Nor do I wish to know
and consider it right
and proper,
to keep my fire of life,
with thoughts of the
here and now,
each day.
So long as I can keep
my fire of life burning,
I shall breathe oxygen
to do this,
until such time my fire
and the flames are
extinguished.
Thus, my destiny will
have been decided
for my self and not I
shall toil the fanning
of my flames or the
fire of my life.
Scheme | XABCDXCEX XXCXFBXGX FDXGXB XHEBHXCAEXX XIXXCCX XXXIEA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11 10 0100110 01 0111 010010 01110 110 11011 010 101100 100 111101 1010 1111 111 101 010101 1101 110101 01111 0111001 010 11111 11111 1110100 111010 111111 001011 010 1111011 1110 101 11 111111 1101110 111100 111 0111110 0011 010 111001 1110 111011 11010 11110 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 822 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 6, 11, 7, 6 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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