Analysis of Duplicity
The duplicity of solitude,
— thinker and thought
The lies we tell ourselves,
hoping never to get caught
In darkness, living behind walls
that conceal
Our thoughts from our feelings,
—masquerading as real
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2011)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00100110 1001 0111001 1010111 01010011 101 10111010 01011 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 244 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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