Analysis of Flames
The fishermen raise the load,
which from hillsides a steep slope,
that of paths define its weight,
and in many long nights
protecting their booty with thick nets,
storms overwhelm them
in docks small by the deep fount;
loud flogs scorch the bay
while gold of a medallion shines,
mounted chance calling from luck,
above the incense, goblets pour,
seeping through lyres of a patron hurt.
Silently the crest swelled,
fire which slow gives a snake,
with ardor the veins bare twist
and foundations spoil and collapse.
For two new wings brings each a pinion,
and the tree moves to give up its crown;
when she sheds, she showers
and many delighted arouse
in her black cave where she sweats
and is abandoned to the passion;
flickering flame in a vision.
Scheme | ABCDEFAGHIJKLMNOPQRSEPP |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100101 111011 1110111 001011 010110111 1011 0111011 11101 11100101 1011011 0100111 101110101 100011 1011101 1100111 00101001 111111010 001111111 111110 01001001 0011111 010101010 10010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 745 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 597 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
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Written on August 25, 2023
Submitted by robertrad2021 on August 25, 2023
Modified by robertrad2021 on September 04, 2023
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