Analysis of The Walker
One foot in front of the other…
that’s usually enough
One thought no longer indentured
captive or rebuffed
One heart in search of love
a new life to begin
One verse free and uncensored
—your legacy to sing
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2015)
| Scheme | AX BX XX BX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011010 1100001 11110010 10101 110111 011101 1110010 110011 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 253 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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