Analysis of The Fading Light
Flashing light Blinding light
Grandpa on a stretcher
Pale gasping for breath
Grandpa hold on for
Hot dogs heaped with onion
Fishing from a log
The stories I have yet to know
"Slow down" he'd say "You're growing too fast"
Granda. slow down don't leave me now
In the fading light
| Scheme | AXX XXXX XXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 101101 11010 11011 1111 111110 10101 01011111 111111011 10111111 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
Written after the death of my grandfather
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Written on 1990
Submitted by russell_1 on March 19, 2023
Modified on March 19, 2023
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