Analysis of To Transverse
The only time I am truly honest,
—is in verse
The only time I clearly hear his voice,
—is in rhyme
The only time my salvation appears,
—to transverse
The only time my heart really bleeds,
—so sublime
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)
| Scheme | AB XC XB XC A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101111010 101 0101110111 101 0101101001 101 010111101 101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 238 |
| 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) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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