Analysis of This Present To Last
Each verbal success,
leads to fresher new ground
As the rules slightly change,
with a differing sound
The trail to my future,
disappears into my past
With each new inspiration,
in this present to last
(Grantham New Hampshire: March, 2015)
Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001 111011 101101 101001 011110 010111 111010 011011 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 238 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on March 23, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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