Analysis of The First Cut
Do you change the meaning
in favor of form
Do you add a new comma
because it’s the norm
Do you shorten the sentence
because it’s advised
Do you scour the pages
re-dotting your I’s
Do you read and reread
again to address
What sure of at first
and now want to correct
A wise man once said
and it’s truer today
“The First Cut Is The Deepest”
leave your words as they lay
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX XX XX XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 01011 1110110 01101 1110010 01101 1110010 11011 111011 0111 11111 011101 01111 011001 0111010 111111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 417 |
| Words | 78 |
| 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) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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