Analysis of Can You
Can you separate your art
from your politics
Can you separate the temporal
from the divine
Can you separate the excuses
from the reasons
Can you separate true purpose
from those wasted times
Can you separate your vocation
and avocation
Can you separate curiosity
from true insight
Can you separate your duty
from convenience
Can you separate the darkness
from the light
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
| Scheme | XX XX XX AX BB CD CX AD C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011 1110 11100100 1001 11100010 1010 1110110 11101 11101010 0010 11100100 111 1110110 1010 1110010 101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 412 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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