Analysis of I Shall Fear No Evil
Far better, it is said, to light
A candle than curse the dark around me.
I am the light and I choose my road,
Care not whatever night surrounds me.
And in my spirit I walk alone,
A halo about me, like angels of old.
For what is a halo but a radiant ring,
The light that perpetually circles the soul?
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11011111 0101101011 110101111 11101011 001101101 01001111011 111010101001 011010001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 292 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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