Analysis of Setting sun
Liquid gold flowing forth
setting fire to all seen before
sands of the beach become burnt orange
fire dances on wavelets of aqua blue
scent peaches upon your hair
as it stirs in flowing breeze
lightly it caresses across my face
as you stand so near to me
burning sun sinks into the waves
golden clouds the smoke of its flames
blue of sky darkens and fades
as summer day fades away
footsteps taken once young and sure
on the sands so pure and white
as we walked in morning light
together going into the day
cries of gulls as they fly away
fire dancing upon their wings
departing into the dark of night
from our vision they fade away
much too soon the day shall end
flame of sun will then depart
sight shall fade from our eyes
and into the darkness we’ll enter in
and my arms once so sure and strong
encircle you standing close to me
as you stumble with unsure steps
now our youth long fled away
waves do crash on beach of sand
carrying then our footsteps away
of our travels in this day
and our memories soon fade away
Scheme | XXXX XXXA XXXB XCCB BXCB XXXX XAXB XBBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 101011101 110101110 1010111101 1100111 1110101 1010100111 1111111 10110101 10101111 111101 1101101 1101101 1011101 1110101 010100101 11111101 10100111 010010111 110101101 1110111 1111101 1111101 0010101100 01111101 010110111 11101011 11011101 1111111 100110101 11010011 0101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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