Analysis of The Weight
The weight dragged on,
too heavy to carry
The weight dragged on,
memories lost inside
The weight dragged on,
questions without answers
Reasons in tatters,
—the weight dragged on
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2013)
| Scheme | Ax Ax Ab bA x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 110110 0111 100101 0111 100110 10010 0111 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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