Analysis of Reborn
Is life about how many,
or then about how much
Is the truth in computation,
or in what those numbers touch
Is the measurement empiric,
with a final answer shown
Is salvation in your lyrics,
with the word count still unknown
Is there faith inside the mystery,
that mere reason can’t abide
Is there something deep inside you,
that excuses cannot hide
Is there a wind that blows indulgent,
carrying an echo from before
With a voice that speaks the truest,
the one you listen to—reborn
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Scheme | AB XB XC XC AD XD XX XX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 110111 1010010 1011101 101001 1010101 10100110 1011101 111010100 1110101 11101011 1010101 110111010 100110101 10111010 01110111 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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