Analysis of Durability



Poetry has many imposters
but poetry is the true crowning moment of life.
And it will outlive most inventions.
I would rather have a career than a family.
Emily Dickinson said that “crowning moment of life”.


Scheme ABACB
Poetic Form
Metre 1001101 1100101101011 01111010 1110100110100 10010011101011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 212
Words 40
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on January 14, 2023

Submitted on January 14, 2023

Modified on March 11, 2023

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