Analysis of 4-Given
The end of my life
brings newfound freedom
wrapping around me
like the wings of a dream
Lifting me off
and carrying me selfward
dropping me prescient
—to depths once unseen
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)
Scheme | XXXX XAAX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111 11110 10011 101101 1011 010011 101100 11101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 204 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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