Analysis of Within Her Breath
The Muse more than my mistress,
the Muse more than my friend
The Muse more than a guardian,
the Muse my blood within
She no longer comes to visit,
she only comes to stay
Each wish I make, each word I write,
—within her breath I pray
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110 011111 01110100 011101 11101110 110111 11111111 010111 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 271 |
Words | 51 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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