Analysis of Where Was Once Only Sin
A man must be measured
to call himself such
A storm must be weathered
its helmsman so clutch
A fire must be extinguished
for new growth to begin
From seeds of new virtue,
—where was once only sin
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2015)
| Scheme | AB AB XC XC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110 11011 011110 1111 01011010 111101 111110 111101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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