Analysis of The—Trap
Its flow an accordion,
to stretch and compress
A double delusion,
old memory suppressed
New moments upon us,
the instant revealed
Time claiming them all
—redundant concealed
(Dreamsleep: October, 2021)
| Scheme | AXAXXBXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100 11010 010010 110001 110011 01001 11011 01001 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 195 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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