Analysis of A Melody Of Sages
Prose and Poetry
came together
In a marriage of
infusion
—each wanting from the other
what they could not bring
—each vowing to the other
words they longed to sing
Birthing a new music
of epic proportion
In an infant now timeless
beyond simple refrain
—with a message for the ages
wrapped in lyrical rhyme
—in a melody of sages
defying space and time
(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XB AC AC XB XX XD XD A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100 1010 00101 010 1101010 11111 1101010 11111 100110 110010 0110110 011001 10101010 101001 00100110 010101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 413 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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