Analysis of I Answered Back
As I lay dying
there were no regrets,
. . . because I answered back
From all beginnings
to every distant end,
. . . I answered back
Not waiting for any higher calling
or mystery on the wind,
. . . I answered back
Before the questions, even after the
secrets,
. . . I answered back
I shouted in voices of my own becoming,
and you forgave me for every one,
. . . and answered back too
Spreading your wings
eternal,
...inviting me to climb on
Pointing me toward the
heavens,
...for one last ride
Where I hold on triumphant,
listening to you announce into forever,
. . . those things I’ve said
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2011)
Scheme | axb cxB axB dxB axx cxx dxx xxx x |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
Metre | 11110 10101 011101 11010 1100101 1101 1101101010 1100101 1101 0101010100 10 1101 110010111010 0101111001 01011 1011 010 0101111 101010 10 1111 1111010 100110101010 1111 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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