Analysis of To Ignite And Amaze
Can you purchase tomorrow,
with yesterday’s wage
Can you eliminate sorrow,
still carrying your rage
Can you call out the answer,
with the question at bay
Can you set a reminder,
while forgetting your way
Can this moment unchosen,
be the instant that lasts
Can a heart still unbroken,
survive memories past
Can the choices you’ve made,
set the world all ablaze
Can you harness the fire
—to ignite and amaze
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
| Scheme | AB AB CD CD EX EX XF CF C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111001 1101 1101010 110011 1111010 101011 1110010 101011 11101 101011 1011010 011001 101011 101101 1110010 101001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 452 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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