Analysis of From Darkness To Light
Brown smoke rose from the tall chimney,
sinister eagles glided creating powerful draughts of wind,
grey lizards swished their tail as they clawed upwards,
dried moisture from the river bank descended on the tapered structure,
engulfing parched skin of concrete with paltry amounts of natural coolant.
high up in the tower dwelt a grizzly haired man,
solitude camouflaged him in totality,
shriveled bones of his body shone prominently,
silky white beard flowed majestically from his facial contours,
adorned he was in godly robes of saffron gold,
each of his finger was studded with a mystical charm,
there lay a crystal globe abreast of him,
which he presumed dissipated entangled enigmas of life.
an affluent man met him with loads of hope,
bereft he was of precious centers of life bestowing vision,
he had groped about in darkness ever since he was born.
the eccentric saint stared at him for long hours,
commanded him to kiss the crystal trophy, containing perfumed mountain shrub
and water,
sprinkled all parts of his persona with pinches of turmeric powder,
smeared his eyes with a paste of rabbit whisker and boiled mushroom,
chanted spell bounding rhymes with proficient ease,
swayed like a maniac expending all energy possessed by his wrinkled feet,
the transformation that occured was breathtaking, transparent globules of water welled up in the mans eyes,
blurred outlines of the room became slowly visible,
decades of agony in dark seemed to be fading fast,
he could now see the razor sharp outlines of ducks in the river,
as fresh rays of morning Sunlight caressed him with their full might.
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Metre | 11110110 1001010010100111 11011111110 11010101010101010 0101110111001110010 110010101011 1010100100 101111011000 101110100011101 011101011101 11110110101001 1101010111 1101100010111 11001111111 0111110101101010 11101010101111 001011111110 0101110101001001101 010 101111010111110 111101110100110 10110110101 110101011000111101 0010111100101110110011 111010110100 01110001111101 111101011110010 11111010111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,601 |
Words | 265 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 15 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 437 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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