Analysis of Eternity's Ace
Can you have a mind
and not have a soul
Connection temporal,
divorced from the whole
Can consciousness live
for only itself
A hand with three aces
—His card left undealt
(Rosemont Pennsylvania: April, 2021)
| Scheme | ABCB XXXA C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 01101 010100 01101 11001 11001 011110 1111 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 200 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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