Analysis of Terminal Reef
Like water…
fear seeks its own level
Rich or poor
it wades through our consciousness
Driving us inward
toward sirens of darkness
Shrilling the moment
—with lyres of doubt
(Hereford Inlet: December, 2021)
| Scheme | AXXBXBXX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 111110 111 11110100 10110 0110110 1010 1111 1001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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