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
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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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 02, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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