Analysis of The Verse Unknown
Married to the sacred word
Committed to its ideal
Betrothed to sworn fidelity
Divorced from the unreal
My wedding duly prearranged
With choice not mine to own
I conjugate my solemn vowel
And spread the verse unknown
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
| Scheme | XABAXCXC B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 0101101 1110100 011001 1101001 111111 10111010 010101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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