Shapes of a flame
Shapes of a flame
Reflected in its shadow
Eternal formless forms of
Raining light
Through its breathless breath
Rising from its sleep
Dawn breaks through
Stillness of
Mists lifting from
The morning fog
Raindrops flow
Through rivers of our lives
Glowing opaqueness
On the trembling edge
Contained within itself
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Submitted by sunrasmoondog on June 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABX XXXBXX ACCXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 313 |
Words | 51 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 5 |
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