Analysis of Sutured Infirmity
Gripping the meteor,
both hands for dear life
Expelling, compelling,
less heat and more light
Afraid to let go,
knowing what it will mean
My pen to go dry
—my heart not to bleed
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
| Scheme | XX XX XX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100100 11111 010010 11011 01111 101111 11111 11111 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 12, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on September 19, 2019
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