Analysis of Muted Sirens
To recite it in a Poem,
or sing it loud and strong
Their union an espousal,
one by measure, one by song
Division casts adrift,
as muted sirens fold their wings
This moment reinvented,
—words and melody one thing
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
Scheme | XA XA XX XX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110010 111101 11011 1110111 010101 11010111 1100010 1010011 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 250 |
Words | 43 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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