Analysis of The Hangman's Noose



As time unweaves,
  its mask deceives
  —to hide a bigger truth

The past and future
  threaded strands
  —to braid the hangman’s noose

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2018)


Scheme AAX XAA X
Poetic Form
Metre 111 111 110101 01010 101 11011 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 172
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 18, 2018

Modified on April 11, 2023

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