Analysis of As the past informs my present
I love and turn
Then push and burn
This mask is all I’ve got
It takes and breaks
Then weeps and fakes
This sadness is my lot
I want to feel
And learn to deal
But yet I lack this certain skill
So here I fall
And slowly crawl
I only wish to be forgot
| Scheme | AA B CC B DD X EE B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1101 111111 1101 1101 110111 1111 0111 11111101 1111 0101 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 239 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on November 12, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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