Analysis of That Which Sustains
The visionary dies,
but the image remains
To that we are faithful,
to that which sustains
The Poet is gone,
but his words are reborn
In the hearts of the needy
—those once left forlorn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018 )
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01001 101001 111110 11101 01011 111111 0011010 11101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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