Analysis of All Distance Revealed



The older I get,
—the closer it seems

The past from the future,
—what’s real, to my dreams

The older I get,
—the deeper it feels

Distraction aborted,
—all distance revealed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)


Scheme Ab xb Ax xx x
Poetic Form
Metre 01011 01011 011010 01111 01011 01011 010010 11001 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 215
Words 35
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on June 11, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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