Analysis of Leaving Tomorrow
Running toward my yesterdays,
the future in pursuit
The loosest ends when left undone
—the past my guilt recruits
(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)
Scheme | XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1001110 010001 0111101 011101 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 138 |
Words | 22 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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