Analysis of Prisoner Of Time
Does your past
inhibit the meaning
Does a smile work
to cover your pain
Does today lie in wait
for tomorrow
Your messages cleft,
forever the same
Do you write before feelings
have woken
The letters pretty, in cursive
review
When your words leave the pulpit
unspoken
Do you retreat to the very
last pew
Taking refuge,
as twilight approaches
All windows shuttered,
any truth to mime
Those orphaned moments
to hold you captive
And a victim
—the prisoner of time
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX XA BB XA XX XX XC XB XC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (52%) |
| Metre | 111 010010 1011 11011 101101 101 11001 01001 1110110 110 0101001 1 1111010 010 11011010 11 1010 11010 11010 10111 11010 11110 0010 010011 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 480 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 14, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on September 26, 2019
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