Analysis of The Moment Self Taught
Those times I was distant,
those times spent alone
Those times I spent searching,
so far from the throne
Those times when I questioned,
the questions I asked
Those times never answered,
those times that contrast
Those times that were gifted,
those times that were not
Those times that were frozen,
those times that were hot
Those times I spent chasing,
myself being sought
Those times an illusion,
—the moment self taught
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
Scheme | XA BA XX XX XC DC BE DE X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 11101 111110 11101 111110 01011 111010 11110 111010 11101 111010 11101 111110 1101 111010 01011 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 459 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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