Analysis of Times Ravage Beset
The performances gone,
all memory survives
A spirit most willing,
whose body still tries
All motion much slower,
directed regret
Intention unwavered,
—times ravage beset
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
| Scheme | XX XX XA AA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 001001 110001 010110 11011 110110 01001 0101 11001 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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