Analysis of The Only Time
The only time we live the myth,
—is when swallowing the lie
The only time we live as equals,
—is in death
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)
| Scheme | XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 01011101 1110001 010111110 101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 146 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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