Analysis of The Gift
The great gift of intelligence,
—the gift of language
The great gift of language,
—the gift of verse.
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
| Scheme | XA AX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 01110100 01110 011110 0111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 139 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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