This is an analysis of the poem I Saw My Life As Whitest Flame that begins with:

I saw my life as whitest flame
light-leaping in a crystal sky, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 11000101 11010101 10010101 01010101 110010101 11010101 110100101 10110110 01010100 10000101 111000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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