Analysis of A Momentary Denial
Is your courage abandoned
in the cold and lost
From a temporary crisis,
—an unplanned confrontation
Does it wait for reassurance
as you run and hide
From a seconds indecision,
—a momentary denial
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
| Scheme | XX XA XX AX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110010 00101 1010010 101010 1111010 11101 10100010 0100010 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 233 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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