Analysis of Freedom Deserts
Chasing the crown,
sitting the throne
—regal opposed
Pursuit once free,
capture enslaves
—jailer demands
Clipping one wing,
grounding the wish
—motion suppressed
Weight pushing down,
hope abandoned
—freedom deserts
(Strafford Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
| Scheme | AXX BCC XXX AXC B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 1001 1001 0111 101 1001 1011 1001 1001 1101 1010 1010 1010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 03, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on August 01, 2019
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