Analysis of How Strange
How Strange.
To Know A Stranger.
I turn it sideways, for the perspective.
But now it is strange.
I flip.
I rotate.
I walk away.
Away from
And towards.
Home
It’s right in front of me
And somewhere behind
And all around.
Strange.
| Scheme | AXXA XX X XX XXXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 11010 111110010 11111 11 11 1101 011 001 1 110111 0101 0101 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 268 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 1, 2, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
A poem about adjusting to the past and preparing for the future
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Written on June 28, 2022
Submitted by kbcorek on February 21, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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