Analysis of A Joy To Be Treasured
One hour of inspiration,
burdens for twenty the pen
Those flashes of light,
taking days then to bend
But the feeling unfiltered,
as it lands on the page
Is a joy to be treasured,
--- and one never to age
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XX AB AB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 1011001 11011 101111 1010010 111101 1011110 011011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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