Analysis of The black legions of light
Angels flew back and forth
Their faces aglow
The sun facing north
| Scheme | ABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 101101 11001 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 66 |
| Words | 12 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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