Analysis of The Encore
Are you now denied all access
Has your ticket long been punched
Is your fear stuck in the alley
Intermezzo—out to lunch
Will you even see the picture
From the far end of the line
Would a curtain serve to raise your hopes
Can a loser ever shine
The doorman calls “It’s Showtime”
As the lights all start to dim
An usher cries “There’s One Seat Left”
You madly rush within
With eyes now strained in darkness
You find that one last chair
And on the stage, hope kisses fear,
—all encores yours to share
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
Scheme | XXAX XBXB XXXX XCXC A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 1110111 11110010 1111 11101010 1011101 101011111 1010101 01111 1011111 11011111 110101 1111010 111111 01011101 11111 010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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