Analysis of Little flame/Only wish
What would be your only wish?
Did you know that the moon is really a fish?
You can wait 30 years but for a fallen star
Unconcerned and yet hoping
That we weren't so far
Strive to drink all the wine in the world you can find
Kill your lungs with the smoke
To get out of your mind
Get your family settled down in the Var
Have nice children, a garden, a wife
Having all that you have
Why is there still a void?
You keep pushing it down
You just get too annoyed
But there's something inside you
Like a tremor, a blemish
It just doesn't shut up
Little flame that won't vanish
It keeps whispering, singing, returning at night
And it's worse than your nightmares
As you know - it is right
20 years have you wasted on all this indifference
What you thought of true love
Turned to be simply limerence
When your children successfully finish their school
You'll get out
Hope you won't be too cruel
How to silence this voice
You will learn all throughout
Only when you start living
From your Soul, not your mind
When that happens
The day you're awake and aware
Come say hi
We'll have countless stories to share
Scheme | A A B C B D X D B X X E X E X A X A F G F X X G X H X X H C D X I X I |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 1111101 11110111001 1111110101 010110 111011 111101001111 111101 111111 11100101001 111001001 101111 111101 111011 111101 1110011 1010010 111011 1011110 111001001011 011111 111111 111101110100 111111 111101 111001001011 111 1111110 111011 111101 1011110 111111 1110 01101001 111 11101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,161 |
Words | 254 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 35 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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