Analysis of The Dance
Writing within the moment,
the impostor time must hide
Writing within the moment,
immortal words confide
Writing within the moment,
your first and only chance
Writing within the moment,
—fate and destiny dance
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
Scheme | Ab Ab Ac Ac x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010 0010111 1001010 010101 1001010 110101 1001010 101001 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 247 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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