Analysis of Head Way
Progress will sway.
Too much success is a bad guide;
but you just fry.
How high can I get just to be curious and serious;
to be remembered and to have a healthy membrane.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (60%) Tetractys (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 111 11011011 1111 111111111000100 110100110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on August 12, 2022
Submitted on August 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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