Analysis of To My Children
For now, I want to see your face,
and gaze into your eyes
To hear your voice within my ears
—I’ll text you when I die
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: February, 2021)
Scheme | XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
Metre | 11111111 010111 11110111 111111 1010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 157 |
Words | 30 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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