Analysis of The Setting Sun



I can see that distant horizon
Where sun is setting down,
I can see death is approaching
wearing victorious crown.

The sky is tinted with gold
that is last bright light
before the profound dark
of endless night.

The trees are dancing
with upholding their hands,
as if shadowy ghosts
are dancing after sumptuous viands.

I know night is deep
when day is near,
so I agree with reality
not with stricken fear.


Scheme XABA XCXC BDXD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111110010 111101 11111010 1001001 0111011 11111 010011 1101 01110 101011 111001 11010101 11111 1111 1101110 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 390
Words 73
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted by swarup on May 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Swarup Bhattacharya

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