Analysis of Skyscraper Halo



The sky was closing in around us
and the bridge was rocking
you to sleep.
Your hair spread out around you,
A dying halo of blond,
a sun sinking into the ocean.
You were an angel
with wings of memory
all coated in light
from skyscrapers.
Your wings didn't flap
for you.
In my day dreams,
they always did.
In every dream I've ever had,
you flew.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKDLMND
Poetic Form
Metre 011100011 001110 111 1111011 0101011 011001010 10110 111100 11001 110 11101 11 0111 111 010011101 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 347
Words 80
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 265
Words per stanza (avg) 67
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Submitted by LadyPhantasmagoria on January 06, 2024

Modified by LadyPhantasmagoria on January 06, 2024

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Cas Wilson

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