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 |
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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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