Analysis of The Circle Is Closed
As in all beginnings
no matter how small,
—lies implicit the end
As night to follow, days
promise is kept,
—and the circle is closed
(Annapolis Maryland: February, 2003)
| Scheme | XXX XXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 11011 101001 111101 1011 001011 0100100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 179 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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