Analysis of Invisible Ink
Before the writing,
collecting memories
silent endowments
pages without lines
Before the writing,
I traveled a dreamer
imagining truant
what tomorrow defines
Before the writing,
the words clouded over
passing in bunches
like birds on the wing
Before the writing,
the wind was my compass
direction e’er changing
intention to sing
Before the writing,
my spirit a bachelor
no phrases to husband
no verses to wed
Before the writing,
immersed in tomorrow
my freedom untethered
—to go where it led
(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)
Scheme | Axxb Acdb Acxa Axaa Acxe Axde c |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 01010 010100 10010 10011 01010 110010 010010 10101 01010 011010 10010 11101 01010 011110 010110 01011 01010 1100100 110110 11011 01010 01001 1101 11111 1010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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