Analysis of For Augustus
This world an
illusion
All faith to
forbear
A friend of mine
struggles
Whose spirit I
share
I feel him inside
me
He calls out my
name
His friendship a
blessing
Augustus,
—I pray
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)
| Scheme | XX XA XX BA XX BX XX XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 010 111 1 0111 10 1101 1 11101 1 1111 1 1100 10 010 11 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 19 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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