Analysis of Once The Future Is Gone
Will eternity have
a Yin and a Yang
Will the forces that govern
applaud and harangue
Will the blessings have value
if darkness moves on
Will it all even matter
—once the future is gone
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101001 01001 1010110 01001 1010110 11011 1111010 101011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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