Analysis of Its Only Cost
Here today and gone tomorrow,
the worm can quickly turn
A sun last set, all vision spent,
—the sum of what you’ve learned
The baton is passed, your race has run,
the finish line now crossed
With memories firm and wishes free,
—your soul its only cost
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)
| Scheme | XX XX XX AX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010101 011101 01111101 011111 001111111 010111 110010101 111101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 292 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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