Analysis of Eternity Set Free
The present is in your future,
the present in your past
The present a sacred mystery,
its moment to unmask
The present is in your memory,
the present in your dreams
The present neither begins nor ends,
—eternity set free
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
Scheme | XX AX AX XA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010110 010011 010010100 110101 010101100 010011 010100111 010011 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 260 |
Words | 44 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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