Analysis of Trailing Regret
Retracing my steps …
picking up the pieces
of a misguided past
Cleaning up the memories
that so litter my
attention
Given one more chance
to change
the things I never intended
Given one last chance
to right the wrongs
—of my prodigal ways
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)
| Scheme | XXXXXXAXXAXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 101010 100101 1010100 11101 010 10111 11 01110010 10111 1101 111001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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