Analysis of Dawn



A ghost light,
flickered in the sky.
Naked bones, of a forest spied.
Shadow,vanquished,
o'er hill and dale.
Dew drops, sparkle like diamonds,
to catch the eye.
As beauty unfolds, to a morning sun.
A new day has begun.


Scheme ABCADEBFF
Poetic Form Nonet (44%)
Metre 011 10001 10110101 1 10101 1110110 1101 1100110101 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 209
Words 40
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 165
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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