Analysis of Its Present Reclaimed



My soul ancient,
  but my spirit new

The past a contrivance,
  the future untrue

My thoughts reborn,
  all feelings renamed

To christen this moment,
 —its present reclaimed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)


Scheme AB XB XC AC X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 11101 010010 01001 1111 11001 110110 11001 0100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 202
Words 31
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 12, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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