Analysis of To Forever Portend
Trapped in the meter,
a prisoner of rhyme
My spirit indicted,
destroyer of time
A minstrels disciple,
epistle in hand
The sound and the rhythm,
my souls contraband
New couplets my jailer,
their sentences terse
The key to their freedom,
locked deep in the verse
And serving in silence,
chalk marks on the wall
I listen intently,
for one voice to call
Awaiting its pardon,
this conviction will end
My words liberated,
—to forever portend
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
| Scheme | AB XB XC DC AE DE XF GF XH XH G |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010 010011 110010 01011 010010 01001 010010 1110 11110 11001 011110 11001 010010 11101 110010 11111 010110 101011 11100 101001 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 475 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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