Analysis of Forever—Yet Brief
Between what is and isn’t,
lies a canvas of what could be
Colors in contrasting unison,
tomorrow’s brush strokes—paint can free
Shores of promise, woods of joy,
still-life in eternal relief
Framing as one, styled for all,
its message forever—yet brief
(Train from Fredericksburg: April, 2017)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101 10101111 100010100 0111111 1110111 11001001 1011111 11001011 1110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 298 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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