Analysis of Crossing Over — Turned Around
Through the eye of the needle
Not to the left or the right
Dodging both on the comets tail
I streak into the light
My last wish out in front
As words melt in a fiery contrail
And with only one question
To weaken my heart
With only one thing to know
The seasons entwine
All beanstalks are felled
With the exit signs all aglow
I crash through the doubt
Releasing new hope
My affirmation now to reign
And look ever farther
Beyond my scope
As my senses become untrained
I feel the loose pieces
Start to come off
A new lightness here abounds
The last burden has lifted
Burning bright in my wake
Crossing over—turned around
(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
Scheme | ABX BXA XXC XXC XDX EDX XXX XXX E |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
Metre | 1011010 1101101 10110101 110101 111101 111001001 0110110 11011 1101111 01001 1111 10101101 11101 01011 1010111 011010 0111 11100101 110110 1111 0110101 0110110 101011 1010101 010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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