Analysis of Nisi Poeta



Only a Poet

can stab time in the heart,

to bleed free and eternal

—only a Poet

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)


Scheme A x x A x
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 10010 111001 1110010 10010 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 114
Words 21
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 18
Words per stanza (avg) 4
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 01, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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