Analysis of Literate Quicksand
Did you edit away the fire,
in your attempt to be correct
Do your words make you a liar,
as they break and disconnect
Is that order you chased after,
now deserted no-mans land
With your mind and spirit sinking,
—in a literate quicksand
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)
| Scheme | AB AB AC XC A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111001010 01011101 11111010 1110001 11101110 1010111 11101010 001001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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