Analysis of Nauita Tempus
Our past is never
where its left,
the tide always returns
Those things unsaid
not put to bed,
like butter still unchurned
Returning once
returning twice,
its power built on fear
To undermine
those things adrift
—till anchored yesteryear
(The New Room: March, 2022)
| Scheme | XAX BBA XXC XXC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 111 01101 1101 1111 11011 0101 0101 110111 110 1101 11010 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 272 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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