Analysis of All Heaven For An Ear
Life’s journey through the darkest night,
whose final verse is clear
Temptation preying on itself
—all heaven for an ear
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
| Scheme | XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 11010101 110111 01010101 110111 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 161 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on February 09, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on July 07, 2019
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