Analysis of Once The Circle Breaks Out
Do we wait for tomorrow,
as we wait for today
Do we see a connection,
false wishes to pray
Do we draw from the past,
as the circle is spun
Trapped inside or out,
is it then Zero-Sum
Can the memories forgotten,
revisit again
Do the feelings held back,
turn to poison and blame
Is our freedom beyond
our ability to reach
Are we the one student,
we’ve forgotten to teach
Is finality connected,
or separate from
Those things we hold onto,
and still try to run
Is that voice we hear calling,
from within or without
Are they really the same,
—once the circle breaks out
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
Scheme | XA BA XB CD BX XE XF XF XD XB XC EC X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111101 111101 1110010 11011 111101 101011 10111 111101 10100010 01001 101011 111001 1101001 10010011 110110 101011 10100010 1101 111110 01111 1111110 101101 111001 101011 01001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 604 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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