Analysis of When Love Is A Shapeless Flame
When love is a shapeless flame,
It licks at the edges of known,
A yearning that whispers no name,
A hunger for hearts yet unshown.
It dances in whispers and sighs,
A warmth with no form to define,
A mist in the lover's own eyes,
A promise, a feeling, entwined.
Though shapeless, it burns oh so bright,
A beacon in the darkest of the night.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1110101 11101011 01011011 0101111 11001001 01111101 01001011 01001001 11011111 0100010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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