Analysis of Not Yet Black
Blackening, though not yet black,
there's still something that I lack:
a tiny crack letting light in
colors me alive, a sort of sin
against the vultures of the night.
In my sight, it's only right that I defend
this poor, makeshift frame 'til the end:
there might be hell or simply a spell
of boundless blackness on the other side,
so I might as well try my best and glide
like a young, smiling cloud; enjoy the ride.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001111 1110111 01011010 101010111 01010101 01111011101 1111101 111111001 1101010101 1111111101 1011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 417 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 11 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 323 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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