Analysis of Divided And Split
Do you have to do something
you loathe or then hate
To finance the thing
that you love
Do you dance to a tune
both off key and off step
To waltz freely with what
comes from above
Do the moments you steal
and those stolen from you
Stand opposed, or now joined
at the hip
Are those times you conspire
to free aspiration
Worth a life lived divided,
—and split
(Train from White River Junction Vermont: March, 2016)
| Scheme | AX AB XX XB XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 11111 10101 111 111101 111011 111011 1101 101011 011011 101111 101 1111010 11010 1011010 01 1111010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 397 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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